Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife

Holding that the elements of standing "must be supported in the same way as any other matter on which the plaintiff bears the burden of proof"

Bennett v. Spear

Holding that a Final Biological Opinion has "legal consequences," even though the action agency is not legally obligated to accept the opinion's recommendations or conclusions, because the opinion "alter the legal regime to which the action agency is subject"

Hunt v. Washington Apple Advertising Comm'n

Holding that North Carolina's statute banning state grading of apples was discriminatory even though six other states also had no state grading

Lands Council v. McNair

Holding that the Forest Service did not act arbitrarily and capriciously by failing to verify its model with on-the-ground data

Navajo v. U.S.

Holding that district court need not consider claim not included in the complaint and raised for the first time at summary judgment

U.S. v. Shumway

Finding where "personal knowledge and competence is established by the affidavit," such affidavit should be admitted by the court

City of Sausalito v. O'Neill

Holding that a municipality must allege injuries to "its own 'proprietary interests,' " including the "municipality's responsibilities, powers, and assets"

Citizens for Better Forestry v. Department of Agriculture

Holding that the plaintiffs "were deprived of the opportunity to comment on the [agency's NEPA documents] at all points in the rulemaking process," and that "[t]his deprivation violated their rights under the regulations implementing NEPA"

Central Delta Water Agency v. U.S.

Holding that “monetary compensation may well not adequately return plaintiffs to their original position” because harms to the environment “are frequently difficult or impossible to remedy”

State of Cal. v. Block

Holding that the Forest Service violated NEPA when it failed to evaluate the site-specific environmental consequences of designating several forest areas in the National Forest System as "nonwilderness" areas under the RARE II program; the court found that the site-specific analysis was required because the agency was proposing to make an "irreversible and irretrievable commitment of the availability of resources to a project at a particular site"

Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

Section 706 - Scope of review

Granting courts jurisdiction to "compel agency action unlawfully held or unreasonably delayed"

Section 4332 - Cooperation of agencies; reports; availability of information; recommendations; international and national coordination of efforts

Requiring that agencies prepare environmental impact statements where major agency action would significantly affect the environment

Section 4331 - Congressional declaration of national environmental policy

Recognizing "the critical importance of restoring and maintaining environmental quality to the overall welfare and development of man," and declaring the federal government’s responsibility to "preserve important historic, cultural, and natural aspects of our national heritage"

Section 1701 - Congressional declaration of policy

Holding that plaintiffs sufficiently pleaded prudential standing as to the FLPMA due only to their "aesthetic and "recreational interest" in land

Section 470f - Repealed

Requiring agency to “take into account” adverse impacts on properties listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places prior to the issuance of an abandonment license

Section 1712 - Land use plans

Granting BLM authority to issue land management plans

Section 1996 - Protection and preservation of traditional religions of Native Americans

Section 470a - Repealed

Requiring the Secretary to "promulgate regulations to assist Indian tribes in preserving their particular historic properties" and "to encourage coordination . . . in historic preservation planning and in the identification, evaluation, protection, and interpretation of historic properties"

Section 1714 - Withdrawals of lands

Establishing procedures to be followed when the Interior Secretary “make, modif[ies], extend, or revoke withdrawals”

Section 1502.16 - Environmental consequences

Stating that the detailed statement should include: "environmental impacts of the alternatives . . ., any adverse environmental effects which cannot be avoided should the proposal be implemented, the relationship between short-term uses of man's environment and the maintenance and enhancement of long-term productivity, and any irreversible or irretrievable commitments of resources which would be involved in the proposal"

Section 800.2 - Participants in the Section 106 process

Designating tribes as consulting party

Section 1506.2 - Elimination of duplication with State, Tribal, and local procedures

Authorizing joint federal-state environmental review

Section 1610.5-5 - Amendment

Summarizing amendment procedures

Section 3809.100 - What special provisions apply to operations on segregated or withdrawn lands?

Section 1610.3-2 - Consistency requirements

Giving governors of affected states 60 days in which to "identify inconsistencies and provide recommendations in writing" to the BLM State Director

Section 1610.3-1 - Coordination of planning efforts