Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of Interior

Date

2009

Geography

Utah

Part of

Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of Interior

About this case

Filing year

2009

Status

Action dismissed with prejudice.

Geography

United States → Utah

Docket number

2:09-cv-27

Court/admin entity

United States → Federal Courts → D. Utah

Case category

Federal Statutory Claims → NEPA

Principal law

United States → National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

At issue

Challenge to proposed oil sands project.

Documents

Filing Date

Type

Action Taken

Document

Summary

01/15/2009

Complaint

Complaint filed.

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Sierra Club and Indigenous Environmental Network filed a complaint in the federal district court for the District of Utah challenging a proposed tar sands project in Utah's Uintah Basin. The plaintiffs alleged procedural and substantive violations of the National Environmental Policy Act, including a failure to adequately quantify, address, or analyze global warming impacts.

Summary

Challenge to proposed oil sands project.