The court rules that the Organic Administration Act of 1897 authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue regulations regarding placer mining on national forest lands. The Forest Service sought to enjoin defendants from mining until an approved mining plan had been filed and a bond posted as requ...

The court affirms the district court's award of damages to the United States for trespass on national forest lands. The district court had found appellants liable for trespass for conducting mining operations in the San Bernardino National Forest in violation of Forest Service regulations. In an act...

Affirming the district court's denial of relief, 10 ELR 20247, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that appellant has no implied cause of action under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to obtain injunctive relief requiring appellees to maintain the noise and other environmental impac...

The Court upholds the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) determination that a proposed 60-unit low-rent housing project is not a major federal action requiring preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS). Applying the arbitrary and capricious standard of review set out ...

The court holds that, under §1323(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Alaska Lands Act), Burlington Northern, Inc., has a right-of-access to its timberland inholdings within the Gallatin National Forest. Section 1323(a) requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide access ...

The court upholds the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) finding that increased use of runway 13L at the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport for a 60-day test period does not require preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS). Applying a "reasonableness" standard of review, the cou...

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reverses the district court's dismissal of appellants' action for improper venue and rules that an action under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) against government defendants may be brought in any judicial district. Appellants brought suit in the Distr...

The court of appeals upholds the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) approval of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe's redesignation of its reservation, for purposes of the prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) program under the Clean Air Act, from Class II to Class I. The gravamen of the argu...

The district court rejects challenges raised by the owner of two stationary sources to search warrants obtained by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in connection with the inspection of the sources, and upholds the taking of photographs by EPA inspectors. The court concludes that although, u...

The court enjoins the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the state of North Dakota from proceeding with construction of the Garrison River diversion project for lack of congressional authorization. In 1977, plaintiff filed suit challenging the adequacy of the project's environmental impact stateme...