Colorado Mining Association v. Dept. of Agriculture
Linked with Wyoming v. Dept. of Agriculture (11-1378)
Certiorari Denied
Petition for certiorari denied on October 1, 2012.
Docket No.11-1384
Op. Below10th Cir.
Issue
Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in failing to determine that the Secretary of Agriculture"s designation of 58.5 million acres of land as Roadless was a de facto wilderness designation, which impermissibly intrudes into Congress"s exclusive authority under the Wilderness Act to permanently designate National Forest System lands as wilderness.
Recommended Citation: Colorado Mining Association v. Dept. of Agriculture, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/colorado-mining-association-v-dept-of-agriculture/