Legal Opinion
High Country Conservation Advocates v. United States Forest Service
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided September 11, 2014No. Civil Action No. 13-cv-01723-RBJPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
R. BROOKE JACKSON, United States District Judge
On June 27, 2014, this Court issued an order finding that the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (collectively “federal defendants”) failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) in three interrelated agency actions: the promulgation of the Colorado Roadless Rule with an exemption for the North Fork Valley, the issuance of lease modifications to permits held by interve-nor-defendants Ark Land Company, Inc. and Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. (collectively “Arch Coal”), and the approval of an Exploration Plan…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed FarmsSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- California Communities Against Toxics v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
- Arizona Public Service Co. v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2009
- Colorado Environmental Coalition v. SalazarDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 2012
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3Cited by4 opinions
- High Country Conservation v. United States Forest ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2020
- WildEarth Guardians v. United States Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation & EnforcementDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 2015
- High Country Conservation Advocates v. United States Forest ServiceDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 2020
- WildEarth Guardians v. BernhardtDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 2019