Black Mesa Water Coalition v. Jewell

ELR Citation: 45 ELR 20021
No(s). 12-16980 (9th Cir. Jan 26, 2015)

The Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court decision denying environmental groups' request for attorneys fees after they successfully challenged OSM's grant of a coal mining permit revision. Below, the groups' lawsuit was consolidated with other actions challenging the permit revision, which was ultima...