Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Watt
District Court, E.D. California
Decided April 24, 1985No. Civ. S-83-035 LKKPublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
KARLTON, Chief Judge.
I
BACKGROUND
A. Federal Land Policy And Management Act
In 1976, Congress enacted the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C. §§ 1701-1784 (Supp. 1983), to provide “the first comprehensive, statutory statement of purposes, goals and authority for the use and management of about 448 million acres 1 of federally-owned lands administered by the Secretary of Interior through the Bureau of Land Management.” S.Rep. No. 583, 94th Cong., 1st sess. 24 (1975). 2 FLPMA reflected a major change in federal policy. Previously, the lands held by the Bureau…
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3Cited by44 opinions
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