Public Lands Council v. Western Watersheds Project

Issue: (1) Whether plaintiffs have Article III standing to facially challenge the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) non-applied regulations governing the administration of cattle and sheep grazing on the public range; (2) whether plaintiffs' facial challenge to the BLM's non-applied regulations is ripe for review; (3) whether the court of appeals holding that the BLM violated National Environmental Policy Act's requirement that the Bureau take a “hard look” at the environmental effects of the regulations in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) failed to properly apply the Administrative Procedure Act; (4) whether the court of appeals' holding that the BLM violated the Endangered Species Act failed to apply the Administrative Procedure Act's narrow and deferential review.

Briefs and Documents

Certiorari-stage documents

• Opinion below (9th Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Amicus brief of the Colorado Cattlemen's Association et al.
• Amicus brief of Eureka County, Nevada et al.
• Amicus brief of the Pacific Legal Foundation
• Amicus brief of Mountain States Legal Foundation et al.
• Petitioner's reply