Sierra Club v. Mike Espy, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of Agriculture

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that required substantive decisions may constrain the ability to maximize the mandate of NFMA
• holding that EAs satisfied NEPA where they considered appropriate alternatives, including mitigation measures
• denying preliminary injunction and granting summary judgment for defendants in challenge to Forest Service action under NEPA and NFMA
• noting the agency’s judgment in assessing issues such as diversity are entitled to “considerable respect”
• “An EA must include brief discussions . . . of alternatives . . . .” (quotation omitted)
• “NFMA was an effort to place the initial technical, management responsibility for the application of NFMA guidelines on the responsible government agency, in this case the Forest Service.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).