SIERRA CLUB v. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

No. 13-15383.

786 F.3d 1219 (2015)

SIERRA CLUB; Center for Biological Diversity; Defenders of Wildlife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT; James Kenna, in his official capacity as California State Director, Bureau of Land Management; Sally Jewell, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Interior, Defendants-Appellees, North Sky River Energy, LLC, Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 27, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Vespa , Sierra Club, San Francisco, CA; Jason C. Rylander (argued), Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, D.C.; Lisa T. Belenky , Center for Biological Diversity, San Francisco, CA; and Babak Naficy , Law Offices of Babak Naficy, San Luis Obispo, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellants.

Robert G. Dreher , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Jared Pettinato , Stephen Finn , Bradley H. Oliphant , and Lane N. McFadden (argued), Attorneys, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C.; and Gregory Russell , United States Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees.

Daniel J. Dunn (argued), Andrew L. Spielman , Jennifer L. Biever , and Margaret A. Parish , Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Denver, CO; and Zachary R. Walton , Christine W. Griffith , and Elizabeth L. Bridges , SSL Law Firm, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee.

Before: RICHARD C. TALLMAN and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and RAYMOND J. DEARIE, Senior District Judge.


OPINION

Plaintiffs-Appellants Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, and Defenders of Wildlife (collectively Sierra Club) appeal the district court ruling upholding the decision by the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to grant a right-of-way over...

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