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Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Forest Service
Geography
Year
2022
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
About this case
Filing year
2022
Status
District court's summary judgment ruling affirmed in part and reversed in part.
Geography
Docket number
23-2882, 23-2886, 23-3146
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) → Endangered Species Act and Other Wildlife Protection Statutes (US)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 → Endangered Species Act (ESA)United States → National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)United States → National Forest Management Act (NFMA)
At issue
Challenge to a project in the Kootenai National Forest that included commercial timber harvest on 3,902 acres.
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Documents
Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics
Beta
02/24/2025
District court's summary judgment ruling affirmed in part and reversed in part.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court's rulings on the parties' summary judgment motions. The defendants did not appeal the court's determination that the U.S. Forest Service failed to take the required hard look at the project's impacts on carbon emissions, so the Ninth Circuit's decision does not address this issue.
Decision
03/22/2024
First cross-appeal brief filed by federal defendants-appellants.
Brief
Summary
Challenge to a project in the Kootenai National Forest that included commercial timber harvest on 3,902 acres.
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Group
Topics
Risk
Impacted group
Just transition
Renewable energy
Fossil fuel
Economic sector
Finance