Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Babbitt
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 15, 1995No. Nos. 93-35482, 93-35498 and 93-35509PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge Trott; Dissent by Judge Pregerson.
TROTT, Circuit Judge:
OVERVIEW
Sierra Club and other environmental organizations filed suit against the Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt (“Secretary”) seeking to enjoin Seneca Sawmill Company’s (“Seneca”) construction of a logging road on right-of-way crossing Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) forestland. Sierra Club alleged the BLM failed to comply with the procedural commandments of the National Environmental Protection Act of 1969 (“NEPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq. and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et…
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