United States Ninth Circuit
Pit River Tribe v. Bureau of Land Management, 13-16961
In an action brought by environmental organizations challenging the Bureau of Land Management's continuation of 26 geothermal leases in northeastern California's Medicine Lake Highlands, the district court's order granting judgment on the pleadings is reversed where incorrectly treated the environmental organizations' claims as arising under only section 1005(a) of the Geothermal Steam Act.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/20/2015
- Published 07/20/2015
Judges
- CHRISTEN
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit