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US FOREST SERVICE v. COWPASTURE RIVER PRES. ASSN

Nos. 18-1584 and 18-1587.

140 S.Ct. 1837 (2020)

590 U.S. 604

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, et al., Petitioners v. COWPASTURE RIVER PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION et al. Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC, Petitioner v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 15, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony A. Yang , Washington, DC, for the petitioners in No. 18-1584.

Paul D. Clement , Washington, DC, for the petitioner in No. 18-1587.

Michael K. Kellogg , Washington, DC, for the respondents.

Stephen A. Vaden , General Counsel, Sarah Kathmann , Attorney Advisor, Department of Agriculture, Daniel H. Jorjani , Solicitor, John M. Henson , Attorney Advisor, Department of the Interior, Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General, Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Anthony A. Yang , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Andrew C. Mergen , J. David Gunter II , Avi M. Kupfer , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the Federal Petitioners.

Paul D. Clement , Erin E. Murphy , William K. Lane III , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, for petitioner Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC.

Austin D. Gerken, Jr. , Amelia Burnette , J. Patrick Hunter , Southern Environmental Law Center, Asheville, NC, Michael K. Kellogg , Gregory G. Rapawy , Bradley E. Oppenheimer , Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Gregory Buppert , Southern Environmental Law Center, Charlottesville, VA, for respondents Cowpasture River Preservation, Association, Highlanders for Responsible, Development, Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation, Shenandoah, Valley Network, and Virginia Wilderness Committee.

Nathan Matthews , Sierra Club Environmental Law Program, Oakland, CA, for respondents, Sierra Club and, Wild Virginia, Inc.

We granted certiorari in these consolidated cases to decide whether the United States Forest Service has authority under the Mineral Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C. § 181 et seq., to grant rights-of-way through lands within national forests traversed by the Appalachian...

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