Forum
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Status
Decided
Docket Number
07-71457, 07-71989, 07-72183
Case Updates
Outcome
June 06, 2009
The Ninth Circuit rejected as moot NCLC's brief urging the court to rehear this case en banc.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging for agency reviews to be required by Naitonal Environmental Policy Act
February 17, 2009
NCLC urged the court to rehear this case en banc in order to clarify that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires an agency to conduct a ‘full and fair’ discussion of environmental impacts. The lower court’s erroneous interpretation of NEPA - which effectively required an agency to address, in detail, every conceivable environmental impact - could make all federal projects, not just the energy project at issue in this case, vastly more expensive and even financially prohibitive.
Case Documents
- Alaska Wilderness League, et al. v. Kempthorne, et al. (Consolidated Petitioners Brief).pdf
- Alaska Wilderness League, et al. v. Kempthorne, et al. (Whalers Opening Brief).pdf
- Alaska Wilderness League, et al. v. Kempthorne, et al. (DOJ Brief).pdf
- Alaska Wilderness League, et al. v. Kempthorne, et al. (Shell Brief).pdf
- Alaska Wilderness League, et al. v. Kempthorne, et al. (AWL Consolidated Reply Brief).pdf
- Alaska Wilderness League, et al. v. Kempthorne, et al. (NCLC Brief).pdf