NORTHERN ALASKA ENVTL. v. U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR

No. 19-35008.

965 F.3d 705 (2020)

NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER; Alaska Wilderness League; Defenders of Wildlife; Sierra Club; the Wilderness Society, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; Bureau of Land Management; David L. Bernhardt, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; Brian Steed, in his official capacity as the official exercising the authority of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Defendants-Appellees, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc., Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 9, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne Bostrom (argued), Brook Brisson , and Valerie Brown , Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Thekla Hansen-Young (argued), John David Gunter II , and Romney S. Philpott , Attorneys; Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Jeffrey Bossert Clark , Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Michael Gieryic , Attorney-Advisor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees.

Ryan P. Steen (argued) and Jason T. Morgan , Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, Washington, for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee.

Before: MILAN D. SMITH, JR. and N. RANDY SMITH, CIRCUIT JUDGES, and JOHN R. TUNHEIM, District Judge.


OPINION

Northern Alaska Environmental Center (NAEC), Alaska Wilderness League, Defenders Of Wildlife, Sierra Club, and The Wilderness Society, Inc. (collectively, Plaintiffs), appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment for the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Secretary...

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