Principal Law:

Mineral Leasing Act (MLA)

21 Cases found

Western Energy Alliance v. Haaland

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Wyo.
Status: Petition for review filed. [ 12/05/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to compel federal defendants to adopt an oil and gas lease sale schedule pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act.

Wyoming v. U.S. Department of Interior

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Wyo.
Status: Amended petition for review filed. [ 12/01/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the federal government's failure to hold oil and gas quarterly lease sales on three occasions in 2021 and 2022.

Louisiana v. Biden

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: 5th Cir.
Status: Nationwide preliminary injunction vacated and remanded. [ 08/17/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging pause on new oil and gas leasing on public lands and in offshore waters.

Louisiana v. Biden

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Application to vacate stay denied. [ 05/26/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging interim estimates for the social cost of greenhouse gases released by the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases.

Continental Resources, Inc. v. de la Vega

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D.N.D.
Status: Notice to dismiss adopted by court. [ 03/10/2021 ]
Description: Oil and gas exploration and production company's lawsuit to compel the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to act on applications for permit to drill.

Western Energy Alliance v. Biden

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Wyo.
Status: Challenged agency actions upheld. [ 09/02/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the Biden administration's suspension of new federal oil and gas leasing on public lands.

California v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Final judgment entered vacating the final rule. [ 10/29/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to BLM's repeal of key provisions of the 2016 Waste Prevention Rule for oil and gas development on public and tribal lands.

WildEarth Guardians v. Chao

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Federal defendants' cross motion for summary judgment granted. [ 04/15/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that the Department of Transportation and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration unlawfully failed to cause annual examinations of oil and gas pipelines on public lands.

EnerVest, Ltd. v. Jewell

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: D. Utah
Status: Order issued directing BLM either to issue the remaining permits or to provide non-arbitrary reasons supported by substantial evidence as to why it needs more time to process the permits. [ 12/30/2016 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to grant applications for permits to drill.

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.

Kane County, Utah v. Jewell

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: D. Utah
Status: Plaintiffs filed stipulation of dismissal without prejudice. [ 04/24/2017 ]
Description: Challenge by rural Utah counties to moratorium on federal coal leasing.

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.

WildEarth Guardians v. Jewell

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: D. Utah
Status: Second amended complaint filed. [ 02/24/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to federal approvals of lease to expand and extend life of underground coal mine in Utah.