CIT. FOR CLEAN ENERGY v. U.S. DEP'T OF INTERIOR

4:17-cv-00030-BMM 4:17-cv-00042-BMM (consolidated case).

621 F.Supp.3d 1165 (2022)

CITIZENS FOR CLEAN ENERGY, et al., Plaintiffs, and The Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Plaintiff, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, et al., Defendants, and State of Wyoming, et al., Defendant-Intervenors. State of California, et al., Plaintiffs, v. U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants, and State of Wyoming, et al., Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, D. Montana, Great Falls Division.

Signed August 12, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger M. Sullivan , McGarvey Law, Kalispell, MT, Dustin A. Leftridge , McGarvey Heberling Sullivan & McGarvey, P.C., Kalispell, MT, William Grantham , NM Attorney General's Office, Santa Fe, NM, Andrew G. Frank , Pro Hac Vice, Yueh-ru Chu , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the New York State Attorney General, New York, NY, George Torgun , Pro Hac Vice, Liz Rumsey , Pro Hac Vice, California Department of Justice, Oakland, CA, William R. Sherman , Pro Hac Vice, Washington State Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiffs State of California, State of New Mexico, State of New York in 4:17-cv-00042-BMM.

Roger M. Sullivan , McGarvey Law, Kalispell, MT, Dustin A. Leftridge , McGarvey Heberling Sullivan & McGarvey, P.C., Kalispell, MT, William Grantham , NM Attorney General's Office, Santa Fe, NM, Andrew G. Frank , Pro Hac Vice, Yueh-ru Chu , Pro Hac Vice, New York State Office of the Attorney General, New York, NY, Aurora R. Janke , William R. Sherman , Pro Hac Vice, Washington State Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, George Torgun , Pro Hac Vice, Liz Rumsey , Pro Hac Vice, California Department of Justice, Oakland, CA, for Plaintiff State of Washington in 4:17-cv-00042-BMM.

Jenny K. Harbine , Amanda Dalmendray Galvan , Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Bozeman, MT, for Plaintiffs Citizens for Clean Energy, EcoCheyenne, Montana Environmental Information Center, Defenders of Wildlife, Sierra Club, Wildearth Guardians in 4:17-cv-00030-BMM.

Anchun Jean Su , Pro Hac Vice, Center for Biological Diversity, Oakland, CA, Jenny K. Harbine , Amanda Dalmendray Galvan , Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Bozeman, MT, Michael A. Saul , Pro Hae Vice, Center for Biological Diversity, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity in 4:17-cv-00030-BMM.

Jenny K. Harbine , Amanda Dalmendray Galvan , Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Bozeman, MT, Wyatt Golding , Pro Hac Vice, Ziontz Chestnut Varnell Begley & Slonim, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff The Northern Cheyenne Tribe in 4:17-cv-00030-B MM.

Joseph H. Kim , U.S. Department of Justice — E.N.R.D. General Litigation, Washington, DC, for Defendants U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, U.S Bureau of Land Management in 4:17-cv-00030-BMM.

Joseph H. Kim , U.S. Department of Justice — E.N.R.D. General Litigation, Washington, DC, Marissa Ann Piropato , U.S. Department of Justice, Denver, CO, for Defendants United States Department of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, United States Bureau of Land Management in 4:17-cv-00042-BMM.

Mark L. Stermitz , Crowley Fleck PLLP, Missoula, MT, James M. Auslander , Pro Hac Vice, Peter J. Schaumberg , Pro Rae Vice, Beveridge & Diamond, PC, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Intervenor National Mining Association in 4:17-cv-00030-BMM.

David C. Dalthorp , Scott M. Svee , Jackson, Murdo & Grant, P.C., Helena, MT, James Kaste , Pro Hac Vice, Travis S. Jordan , Wyoming Attorney General, Cheyenne, WY, for Defendant-Intervenor State of Wyoming in 4:17-cv-00042-BMM, 4:17-cv-00030-BMM.

Kathleen L. Smithgall , Montana Department of Justice, Helena, MT, Timothy C. Fox , David M.S. Dewhirst , Montana Attorney General, Helena, MT, Aislinn W. Brown , Agency Legal Services Bureau, Helena, MT, for Defendant-Intervenor State of Montana in 4:17-cv-00030-BMM.


ORDER

INTRODUCTION

The Center for Biological Diversity, Citizens for Clean Energy, Defenders of Wildlife, EcoCheyenne, Montana Environmental Information Center, Sierra Club, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, and WildEarth Guardians filed this suit in 2017 challenge then-Secretary of the Interior...

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