Principal Law:

Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA)

36 Cases found

WildEarth Guardians v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: 10th Cir.
Status: Motion for voluntary dismissal filed by WildEarth Guardians. [ 11/01/2021 ]
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: 10th Cir.
Status: Motion to voluntarily dismiss appeal granted. [ 06/11/2021 ]
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: 10th Cir.
Status: Stipulation for voluntary dismissal granted. [ 03/03/2022 ]
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: 9th Cir.
Status: Administrative closure period extended until November 15, 2021. [ 08/16/2021 ]
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: D. Wyo.
Status: Waste Prevention Rule vacated except with respect to specified severable provisions. [ 10/08/2020 ]
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.