January 17, 2025
A split Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that an Idaho federal court, but not a Montana federal court, abused its discretion in striking down oil and gas leases sold during the Trump administration, but halted "surface-disturbing activity" while the federal government reconsiders the leasing decisions.
December 18, 2020
Environmental groups told the Ninth Circuit that the Bureau of Land Management has prioritized development over its other responsibilities, like protecting the "near-threatened" greater sage grouse, arguing in two appeals that lower courts were right to toss oil and gas leases.