SIERRA CLUB v. U.S.

No. C-98-3213 CRB.

23 F.Supp.2d 1132 (1998)

SIERRA CLUB, a non-profit corporation, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America; Department of the Interior; National Park Service; Bruce Babbitt, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; Robert Stanton, in his official capacity as Director of the National Park Service; John Reynolds, in his official capacity as Western Regional Director of the National Park Service; Stanley Albright, in his official capacity as Superintendent of Yosemite National Park, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

October 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephan C. Volker, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Inc., Julia A. Olson, San Francisco, CA, Joseph J. Brecher, Oakland, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Martin J. Lalonde, USDJ-Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


ORDER

BREYER, District Judge.

The National Park Service describes Yosemite as a "premiere masterwork of the natural world." Any change to this masterwork should only take place after there has been strict compliance with all applicable environmental laws. It is in this context that plaintiff Sierra Club asks the Court to halt implementation of Phase One of the Yosemite Lodge Area Development Plan in Yosemite National Park. After reviewing the pleadings,...

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