Legal Opinion
Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center v. United States Bureau of Land Management
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 15, 2009No. 08-35463PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether environmental organizations are prevailing parties within the meaning of the Equal Access to Justice Act when, before judgment, the Bureau of Land Management withdraws its challenged decision to conduct a timber sale.
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Plaintiffs Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Cascadia Wildlands Project, and Umpqua Watersheds (“Klamath”) sued the Bureau of Land Management of the United States Department of the Interior (“BLM”), alleging that a planned timber sale in the Willy Slide area of the Medford District, among other decisions, violated the National…
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