No. 18-1584
United States Forest Service, et al. v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association, et al.
Tags: administrative-authority appalachian-trail federal-agencies federal-land-management land-management mineral-leasing-act national-forest national-forest-system national-park national-trails-system-act rights-of-way
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Related Cases:
18-1587
(Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Forest Service has authority to grant rights-of-way under the Mineral Leasing Act through lands traversed by the Appalachian Trail within national forests.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Forest Service has authority to grant rights-of-way under the Mineral Leasing Act through lands traversed by the Appalachian Trail within national forests
Docket Entries
2020-07-17
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2020-02-14
Reply of petitioner Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC filed (in 18-1587). (Distributed)
2020-01-21
The record of the USCA 4th Circuit is available on PACER. Additionally, record material from USCA 4th Circuit has been electronically received.
2020-01-21
CIRCULATED
2020-01-09
Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.
2019-12-02
Brief of petitioner Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC filed. (in 18-1587)
2019-10-04
Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 18-1587 is granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
2019-09-12
Reply of petitioner United States Forest Service, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2019-09-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 28, 2019 .
2019-07-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 26, 2019 to August 28, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-06-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 26, 2019)
2019-05-16
Application (18A1182) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 25, 2019.
2019-05-15
Application (18A1182) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 26, 2019 to June 25, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Attorneys
American Forest Resource Council, et al.
Lawson Emmett Fite — Amicus
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Keith Bradley — Squire Patton Boggs (U.S.) LLP, Amicus
Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC
Paul D. Clement — Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Petitioner
Citizens Equal Rights Foundation
James J Devine Jr. — Amicus
City of Staunton and Nelson County, Virginia
Commonwealth of Virginia
Cowpasture River Preservation Association, et al.
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC
Thomas Christian Jensen — Perkins Coie LLP, Amicus
National Association of Manufacturers, et al.
John Charles Cruden — Beveridge & Diamond PC, Amicus
Natural Resources Defense Council, the Wilderness Society, and Defenders of Wildlife
Niskanen Center
David Gabriel Bookbinder — Niskanen Center, Amicus
Pamela Underhill, Jonathan B. Jarvis, Coalition to Protect America's National Parks, and National Parks Conservation Association
Representative Jeff Duncan and Sixty-One Additional Members of the United States House of Representatives
Eddie Travis Ramey — Burr & Forman LLP, Amicus
Richard James Pierce Jr.
State of Vermont, et al.
State of West Virginia, et al.
The Rutherford Institute
John W. Whitehead — The Rutherford Institute, Amicus
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of The United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, et al.
Ellen O. Boardman — O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, Amicus
United States Forest Service, et al.
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Petitioner
Wintergreen Property Owners Association, et al.
Daniel L. Geyser — Geyser P.C., Amicus