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655 F.3d 1000 (2011) CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY, a Washington nonprofit corporation; Columbia Riverkeeper, a Washington nonprofit corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Vision for Our Future, Petitioner-Intervenor, v. UNITED STATES BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, an agency of the Department of Interior; Michael L. Connor, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, Defendants-Appellees, East Columbia Basin

715 F.Supp.2d 1185 (2010) CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY, a Washington non-profit corporation and Columbia Riverkeeper, a Washington non-profit corporation, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, an agency of the Department of the Interior, and Michael L. Connor, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, Defendants. No. CV-09-160-RHW. United States Dis

OPINION IKUTA, Circuit Judge: This appeal addresses one of the several administrative proceedings in which Columbia Riverkeeper, Columbia-Pacific Common Sense, and Wahkiakum Friends of the River (collectively Riverkeeper) have attempted to intervene in an effort to prevent LNG Development Company, LLC (doing business as Oregon LNG), from constructing

481 F.3d 1224 NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION; Idaho Wildlife Federation; Washington Wildlife Federation; Sierra Club; Trout Unlimited; Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations; Institute for Fisheries Resources; Idaho Rivers United; Idaho Steelhead and Salmon United; Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association; Salmon for All; Columbia Riverkeeper; NW Energy Coalition; Federation of Fly Fishers; American Rivers, Inc.; Eastern Oregon Irrig

Vacated and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge DIAZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge DUNCAN and Judge KEENAN joined. DIAZ, Circuit Judge: This appeal involves the proposed construction of the Gaston East-West Connector, 1 a 22-mile toll road in North Carolina spanning from sout

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOOD & WATER WATCH, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 17-1714 (BAH) v. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued April 9, 2015 Decided September 29, 2015 No. 14-5205 SIERRA CLUB, APPELLANT v. UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, ET AL., APPELLEES Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (No. 1:13-cv-0

OPINION ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, United States District Judge The National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq. (2012), is designed to ensure that federal officials seriously study the environmental effects and implications of any major federal action before proceeding. As this aged litigation makes clear, NEPA’s req

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FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION;  IDAHO WILDLIFE FEDERATION; WASHINGTON WILDLIFE FEDERATION; SIERRA CLUB; TROUT UNLIMITED; PACIFIC COAST FEDERATION OF FISHERMEN’S ASSOCIATIONS; INSTITUTE FOR FISHERIES RESOURCES; IDAHO RIVERS UNITED; IDAHO STEELHEAD AND SALMON UNITED; NORTHWEST SPORT FISHING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, SALMON FOR No. 06-35011 ALL; COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER; NW ENERGY COALITION;

James O. Browning, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE THIS MATTER comes before the Court on: (i) the Defendants' Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e), filed March 28, 2018 (Doc. 57)("Motion"); (ii) the Plaintiff's Motion to Strike the Declaration of Jeffrey Wu or in the Alternative Grant Plaintiff Leave to Take Discovery, filed April 23, 2018 (Doc. 61)("Motion to Strike"), an

THOMAS, Chief Judge: These consolidated appeals are the latest round of a long-running dispute over *812salmon and steelhead species listed under the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 - 1544. Three fede

524 F.3d 917 (2008) NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION; Idaho Wildlife Federation; Washington Wildlife Federation; Sierra Club; Trout Unlimited; Pacific *918 Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations; Institute for Fisheries Resources; Idaho Rivers United; Idaho Steelhead and Salmon United; Northwest Sport Fishing Industry Association, Salmon for All; Columbia Riverkeeper; NW Energy Coalition; Federation of Fly Fishers;

THOMAS, Circuit Judge. These consolidated appeals bring us once more to the Pacific Northwest, for another round in the complex and long-running battle over salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544. In this ESA action brought by the National Wildlife Federation and other plaintiffs (collectively “NWF”), we consider a November

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MASSACHUSETTS COALITION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 1:20-cv-03438 (TNM) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Steven Smith, an Arizona cattle rancher, sued the Bi

AMENDED OPINION PER CURIAM. The defendants appeal the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction, based on a violation of the Endangered Species Act (or “ESA”), 16 U.S.C. *788 §§ 1531-1544, requiring the United States to pass a specified amount of water through the s

KAYATTA, Circuit Judge. In this unusual petition for review arising out of a state administrative proceeding, the petitioners themselves argue that we lack jurisdiction to hear their complaints about what has transpired to date before the state agency. Because the agency itself has not yet finally acted on the matter that is before it as is required to invoke our jurisdiction unde

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, et al., : : Plaintiffs, : Civil Action No.: 16-1724 (RC) : v. : Re Document Nos.: 143, 147, 148,

BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge: In late 2014, several hundred thousand gallons of gasoline spilled from a rupture in a pipeline owned by Plantation Pipe Line Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP (collectively, Kinder Morgan), near Belton, South Carolina. It is undisputed that the gasoline has seeped into nearby waterways, and the plaintiffs allege that the gasoline has continued to trav

FILED FOR PUBLICATION APR 2 2018 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION; No. 17-35462 IDAHO WILDLIFE FEDERATION; WASHINGTON WILDLIFE