Legal Opinion
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Kempthorne
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 12, 2008No. 06-4251, 07-4223PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
The litigation from which these appeals stem originated when Plaintiff Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) and others challenged a November 2003 decision of Defendant Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to issue oil and gas leases on sixteen parcels of public land in Utah. SUWA’s lawsuit, brought pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 701-706, affected three leases in which Movants XTO Energy and EOG Resources (Movants) have an interest. In August 2006, the district court reversed and remanded for further administrative consideration the BLM’s…
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