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Litigation

Rocky Mountain Wild v. Bernhardt

Date
2019
Geography
Colorado
Part of
Rocky Mountain Wild v. Bernhardt

About this case

Filing year
2019
Status
Motions to transfer granted.
Geography
Docket number
1:19-cv-01608
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States District of Colorado (D. Colo.)
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims → NEPA
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.

Documents

Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
11/19/2019
Decision
Motions to transfer granted.
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06/05/2019
Complaint
Complaint filed.
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Four environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court in Colorado challenging the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) decisions to issue 59 oil and gas leases covering 61,910.92 acres in northeast Utah. The plaintiffs asserted violations of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act, including that BLM failed to consider cumulative climate change impacts.

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.