Principal Law:

Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA)

19 Cases found

Oregon Natural Desert Association v. Hanley

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D. Or.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/27/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging BLM’s March 2019 decision to reverse portions of the 2015 conservation plan for the greater sage-grouse in Oregon by closing approximately 22,000 acres to livestock grazing.

In re Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: IBLA
Status: BLM's decision set aside and remanded. [ 09/16/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to vegetation management plan on BLM-administered lands in southern Utah.

WildEarth Guardians v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.N.M.
Status: Petition for review of agency action filed. [ 06/03/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to 210 oil and gas leases covering 68,232.94 acres of land in New Mexico.

Rocky Mountain Wild v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 06/05/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s decisions to issue 59 oil and gas leases covering 61,910.92 acres in northeast Utah.

Rocky Mountain Wild v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Amended complaint filed. [ 06/05/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to 121 oil and gas leases in and around the Uinta Basin in northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah.

Western Watersheds Project v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Idaho
Status: Plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment granted and federal defendants' and defendant-intervenors' motions for partial summary judgment denied. [ 02/27/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to sale of oil and gas leases within and affecting sage-grouse habitat and to related Bureau of Land Management guidance.

California v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Defendants' motion for summary judgment granted. [ 03/27/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to BLM's repeal of 2015 regulations governing hydraulic fracturing on federal and tribal lands.

California v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Motion for voluntary dismissal granted. [ 06/26/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to a U.S. Bureau of Land Management rule postponing compliance dates for Waste Prevention Rule for one year.

Wyoming v. United States Department of Interior

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: 10th Cir.
Status: Order and judgment issued dismissing appeal as moot and vacating district court order. [ 04/09/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to United States Bureau of Land Management’s final rule concerning methane emissions from oil and gas operations on federal and tribal lands.

Western Watersheds Project v. Schneider

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: D. Idaho
Status: Motion for preliminary injunction granted. [ 10/16/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to Forest Service and BLM approvals of revised land use plans for lands located in range of greater sage-grouse.