Cases

ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Scott W. Skavdahl, United States District Judge This matter comes before the Court on the motions for preliminary injunction filed by the various Petitioners and Intervenor-Petitioners: Motion for Preliminary Injunction of Petitioners Independent Petroleum Association of America (“IPAÁ”) and Western Energy Alliance (“Alliance”) (hereinafte

BRISCOE, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff-Appellee Western Energy Alliance (“WEA”) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico against two Defendants: the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, and the Bureau of Land Management (the “BLM”). WEA sought relief under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 701-06 (the “APA”), t

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge. This litigation concerns whether the Mineral Leasing Act (“the Act” or “MLA”), as amended by the Reform Act of 1987, requires the Secretary of the Interi- or (“the Secretary”) to issue leases for parcels of land to the highest bidding energy company within sixty days of payment to the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”). Appellants (collectively “Energy Com

SCOTT W. SKAVDAHL, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE *1286Sadly, and frustratingly, this case is symbolic of the dysfunction in the current state of administrative law. And unfortunately, it is not the first time this dysfunction has frustrated the administrative review process in this Court.1

ORDER (Pife’ Motion for Summary Judgment— ECF No. 67; Plfs’ Motion to Supplement Record—ECF No. 68; Defs’ Motion for Summary Judgment— ECF No. 75; Intervenors’ Motion for Summary Judgment—ECF No. 77; Defs’ Motion to Strike—ECF No. 102) MIRANDA M. DU, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE I. SUMMARY Plaintiffs bring this action against the Department of the Interior (“DOI”), Bure

MEMORANDUM OPINION BERYL A. HOWELL, United States District Judge The plaintiff Walter B. Freeman filed this action under the Administrative Procedures Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), against the United States Department of the Interior (“DOI”) and two of its components, the Interior Board of Land Appeals (“IBLA”) and the Bureau of Land Manag

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAKOTA RESOURCE COUNCIL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 22-cv-1853 (CRC) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION The mounting climate crisis has spurred countless citizens, companies, and government act

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EARTHWORKS, et al., : : Plaintiffs, : Civil Action No.: 09-1972 (RC) : v. : Re Document Nos.: 114, 118, 126, 129

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND GRANTING FEDERAL DEFENDANTS’ AND OCOTILLO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT GONZALO P. CURIEL, District Judge. On May 25, 2012, Plaintiffs filed a complaint against Defendants. (Dkt. No. 1.) On August 3, 2012, Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint challenging the United States

Brian Morris, United States District Court Judge INTRODUCTION The Court held a hearing on December 13, 2018, on cross-motions for summary judgment filed in this consolidated action brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, Citizens for Clean Energy, Defenders of Wildlife, EcoCheyene, Montana Environmental Information Center, Sierra Club, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, and WildEarth Guardians (c

BRISCOE, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Pennaco Energy, Inc. (Penna-co), brought this suit in the District of Wyoming, pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 701-06(APA), against the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) to challenge a decision of the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA). The challenged IBLA decision reversed a decision of the Bureau of L

535 F.3d 1184 (2008) State of UTAH; Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration; Utah Association of Counties, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF the INTERIOR; Bureau of Land Management; Dirk Kempthorne, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; Kathleen Clarke, Director of Bureau of Land Management, Defendants-Appellees, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance; The Wilderness Society; New Mexico Wilderne

360 F.Supp.2d 1214 (2005) State of WYOMING, Plaintiff, and Timothy J. Morrison, Marie A. Fontaine, and Tim A. French, in their official capacity as the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Park, State of Wyoming, Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; United States Fish & Wildlife Service; Gale Norton, in her capacity as the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; Steven Williams,

ORDER ROBERT C. JONES, District Judge. This case arises out of the refusal of the U.S. Department of the Interior (“DOI”) to recognize the current tribal government of the Winnemucca Indian Colony (the “Colony”) and the interference of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (“BIA”) with the Colony’s activities on its own land. The Court issued a Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) ordering the BIA to grant interim

608 F.3d 709 (2010) BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ALLIANCE; George Wuerthner, Plaintiffs-Appellants, American Lands Alliance, Plaintiff, v. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, an agency within the Department of Interior; Ken Salazar, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Interior, Defendants-Appellees, Lance Oil & Gas Company, Inc.; Western Gas Resources, Inc.; Fidelity Exploration & Production Company; Willi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _____________________________ ) INTREPID POTASH-NEW ) MEXICO, LLC, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 08-2218 (RWR) ) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ) THE INTERIOR, et al., )

FILED United States Court of Appeals PUBLISH Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS August 24, 2020 Christopher M. Wolpert

275 F.Supp.2d 1157 (2002) WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, and San Benito County Water District, Plaintiffs, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Northern California Power Association, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF the INTERIOR, et al., Defendants, Hoopa Valley Tribe, Defendant-Intervenor, Yurok Tribe, Defendant-Intervenor. N

OPINION AND ORDER JOHN E. STEELE, District Judge. This matter comes before the Court on five cross motions for summary judgment in these consolidated cases. Then-magistrate judge Sheri Polster Chappell filed a seventy-nine page Report and Recommendation (Doc. # 123)1 on January 31, 2013, recommending that Plaintiffs’ motions be denied and Defendants’ motions be gran

591 F.Supp.2d 1206 (2008) WESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS, Jeanie Alderson, Wally McRae, Wyoming Outdoor Council, Natural Resources Defense Council, Powder River Basin Resource Council, Plaintiffs, v. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Director, in her official capacity also known as Kathleen Clarke, Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of Interior, Secretary, in her official capacity, also known as Gale A. Norton, United States