Land Use

A district court denied environmental groups' motion to preliminarily enjoin and temporarily restrain BLM from permitting spring grazing and authorizing grazing infrastructure projects in…

A district court granted environmental groups' motion for a preliminary injunction in a challenge to BLM's decision to grant the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) a right-of-way (ROW) to…

The Eighth Circuit affirmed dismissal of claims for trespass, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment in a class action lawsuit concerning DOI's grant of a 20-year right-of-way allowing an oil…

A district court adopted a magistrate judge's findings and recommendations in a lawsuit concerning the Forest Service's authorization of continued and expanded commercial livestock grazing leases…

The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for American Indian tribes in a challenge to BLM's authorization of an exchange of land that was formerly part of the tribes' reservation. The…

The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the federal government in a lawsuit seeking to preclude the state of Alaska from interfering with federal efforts to ban gillnet fishing for non-…

The Tenth Circuit reversed a district court decision denying a challenge to the Forest Service's decision to open new domestic sheep grazing allotments in Rio Grande National Forest. An…

A district court granted a conservation group's motion to preliminarily enjoin BLM from authorizing grazing in approximately 22,000 acres of land located in key research natural areas (RNAs) that…

A district court granted the Biden Administration's motion to dismiss a challenge to the president's 2023 designation of Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni—Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon…

In a divided opinion, a D.C. Circuit panel vacated FAA's and the National Park Service's plan governing tourist flights over four national parks in California, and also ruled that CEQ lacked the…