Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Ass'n v. U.S. Forest Service

ELR Citation: ELR 20617
No(s). 00-35349 (9th Cir. May 3, 2001)

The court holds that a petroleum company lacks standing to sue the U.S. Forest Service for not offering particular lands within the Lewis and Clark National Forest for oil and gas leasing. The court first holds that the Forest Service has discretion whether to authorize the leasing of any Forest Ser...