Legal Opinion

Sierra Club v. Lujan

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided November 18, 1991No. 90-4091PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SETH, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal we revisit the Burr Trail in southern Utah for a second look at Garfield County’s proposal to widen the western twenty-eight miles of the road. In Sierra Club v. Hodel, 848 F.2d 1068 (10th Cir.1988), we determined that there was major federal action and ordered the district court to remand the case to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for an environmental assessment (EA) to be prepared followed either by a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) or an environmental impact statement (EIS). The action on this remand was to be taken within very narrow limits…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Marsh v. Oregon Natural Resources CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Kleppe v. Sierra ClubSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Sierra Club v. HodelCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
  4. Wyoming Outdoor Coordinating Council v. Earl L. Butz, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
  5. Sierra Club v. HodelDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1987

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Village of Los Ranchos De Albuquerque v. MarshCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
  2. Wyoming v. United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2011
  3. Quang v. NGUYEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
  4. Holy Cross Wilderness Fund v. MadiganCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
  5. Holy Cross Wilderness Fund v. MadiganCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992

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