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Rocky Mountain Wild v. Bernhardt

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / Utah
Year
2019
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
Rocky Mountain Wild v. Bernhardt

About this case

Filing year
2019
Status
Motion to voluntarily dismiss appeal granted.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → Utah
Docket number
21-04019
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.)
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → NEPA (US)
Principal law
United States → Administrative Procedure Act (APA)United States → Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA)United States → National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
At issue
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.
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
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06/11/2021
Motion to voluntarily dismiss appeal granted.
On June 11, 2021, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals granted federal defendants-appellants’ motion to voluntarily dismiss their appeal of a December 2020 District of Utah decision remanding a case challenging the issuance of oil and gas leases in the Uinta Basin. The district court found the analysis of greenhouse gas and climate change impacts to be adequate but remanded for consideration of alternatives that did not involve leasing all nominated parcels.
Decision
06/10/2021
Motion to voluntarily dismiss appeal filed by federal defendants-appellants.
Motion To Dismiss

Summary

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.

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