Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation v. Enbridge Energy Co.
A district court ordered the Line 5 oil and gas pipeline to be removed within three years from tribal land in northern Wisconsin. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians sought to enjoin the owner from operating the pipeline through reservation land based on the risk of its failure cons...
WildEarth Guardians v. United States Forest Service
The Ninth Circuit dismissed for lack of standing a challenge to the Forest Service's livestock grazing decisions in Colville National Forest. Environmental groups argued the decisions would lead to an increase in wolf attacks on livestock, which in turn would cause the Washington Department of Fish ...
Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Bureau of Land Management
A district court vacated BLM's final EIS and 2019 record of decision (ROD) that approved an open-pit phosphate mine in southeast Idaho. Environmental groups had argued the ROD and final EIS upon which it was based violated NEPA, FLPMA, and the CWA. The court granted summary judgment in part for the ...