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California v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / California
Year
2018
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
California v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management

About this case

Filing year
2018
Status
Administrative closure period extended until November 15, 2021.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → California
Docket number
20-16157
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → NEPA (US)Federal Statutory Claims (US) → Other Statutes and Regulations (US)
Principal law
United States → Administrative Procedure Act (APA)United States → Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA)United States → Indian Mineral Leasing Act (IMLA)United States → Mineral Leasing Act (MLA)United States → National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
At issue
Challenge to BLM's repeal of 2015 regulations governing hydraulic fracturing on federal and tribal lands.
Topics
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
Beta
08/16/2021
Administrative closure period extended until November 15, 2021.
Decision
02/10/2021
Reply brief filed by State of California.
Reply
10/28/2020
Brief filed by amicus curiae Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law in support of plaintiffs-appellants and reversal.
Amicus Motion/Brief
10/21/2020
Opening brief filed by California.
Brief
10/21/2020
Opening brief filed by Sierra Club et al.
Brief

Summary

Challenge to BLM's repeal of 2015 regulations governing hydraulic fracturing on federal and tribal lands.

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Group
Topics
Policy instrument
Risk
Impacted group
Just transition
Renewable energy
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance