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Rocky Mountain Wild v. Bernhardt

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

About this case

Filing year
2019
Status
Motion for voluntary dismissal filed.
Geography
Docket number
21-4020
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.)
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
11/22/2021
Motion
Motion for voluntary dismissal filed.
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Environmental groups voluntarily dismissed their appeal of a December 2020 decision by a federal district court in Utah that rejected, in part, the groups’ challenge to U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decisions to issue 59 oil and gas leases in northeast Utah. The district court found that BLM adequately considered greenhouse gas emissions and climate change impacts but remanded for additional analysis of alternatives. The federal defendants previously withdrew their appeal of the district court’s decision.
06/11/2021
Decision
Order issued setting briefing schedule.
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After the federal defendants-appellants abandoned their appeal of a December 2020 District of Utah <a href="https://climatecasechart.com/wp-content/uploads/case-documents/2020/20201210_docket-219-cv-00929_memorandum-opinion-and-order-1.pdf">decision</a> remanding a case challenging the issuance of oil and gas leases in the Uinta Basin, the conservation groups’ appeal of the district court decision is still pending, with the opening brief due on July 12, 2021. The Tenth Circuit directed the conservation groups “to address with specificity … whether this court has jurisdiction over their appeal.”

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.