Legal Opinion
Foundation for North American Wild Sheep v. United States Department of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 22, 1982No. 81-5044PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELY, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Foundation for North American Wild Sheep1 brought this action, premised on National Environmental Policy Act [NEPA] § 102 [codified at 42 U.S.C. § 4332], challenging appellee United States Forest Service’s2 decision not to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement [EIS] pri- or to granting a special use permit to Curtis Tungsten, Inc. [Curtis] allowing the reconstruction and use of Road 2N06. The District Court granted the Service’s3 motion for summary judgment, holding, inter alia, that the service had taken a “hard look” at the problem and reasonably concluded…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Kleppe v. Sierra ClubSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- City of Davis, a Municipal Corporation v. William T. Coleman, Jr., Secretary of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Scientists' Institute for Public Information, Inc. v. Atomic Energy CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Save Our Ten Acres v. Rod Kreger, Acting Administrator, General Services AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Environmental Defense Fund v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Greenpeace Action v. FranklinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Save the Yaak Committee, Donn Vance v. J.R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture R. Max Peterson, Chief, Forest Service Thomas Costin, Region I ForesterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Harriet F. Laflamme v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Joseph Keating , Respondent-IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Friends of the Earth v. HintzCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Friends Of Endangered Species, Inc. v. JantzenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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