Principal Law:

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

303 Cases found

Clinch Coalition v. U.S. Forest Service

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Va.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/08/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging three categorical exclusions adopted by the U.S. Forest Service to exempt certain projects from NEPA review.

WildEarth Guardians v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/12/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuits challenging the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s of oil and gas leases on public lands in Montana and North Dakota between July 2019 and September 2020.

Western Watersheds Project v. Perdue

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Ariz.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/14/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Forest Service’s authorization of livestock grazing on 270,000 acres in the Apache-Sitgreaves and Gila National Forests in Arizona and New Mexico.

California v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/19/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to final rules under the Endangered Species Act defining "habitat" and revising the regulations for designating critical habitat.

WildEarth Guardians v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/19/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to the environmental reviews for oil and gas leases in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

Organized Village of Kake v. Perdue

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Alaska
Status: Complaint filed. [ 12/23/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to final rule exempting the Tongass National Forest in Alaska from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Motions for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction denied. [ 01/12/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the sale and issuance of an oil and gas lease in southeastern Utah, as well as the approval of development of the lease and the decision to abandon master planning for area where lease was located.

Hayes v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Okla.
Status: Non-federal defendants' motion to dismiss denied. [ 11/02/2020 ]
Description: Landowner's challenge to U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs approval of oil and gas leases and drilling permits that affected plaintiff's property where mineral rights were controlled by Osage Nation.

Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. U.S. Forest Service

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Wash.
Status: Government's cross-motion for summary judgment granted and plaintiff's motion for summary judgment denied. [ 12/01/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to U.S. Forest Service restoration project in Washington.