D. Wyoming Finds BLM Fracking Regulations Unlawful

Here are materials in Wyoming v. U.S. Dept. of Interior, et al, 15-cv-00043 (Jun. 21, 2016):

Doc. 176 – Brief in Support of Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah’s Petition for Review of Final Agency Action

Doc. 180 – Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation Merits Brief

Doc. 191 – Respondents’ Merits Brief in Response to the Ute Tribe of The Uintah and Ouray Reservation’s Merits Brief

Doc. 193 – Federal Respondents’ Brief in Response to Merits Briefs of Industry and State Petitioners

Doc. 197 – Reply in Support of Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah’s Petition for Review of Final Agency Action

Doc. 199 – Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation’s Reply in Support of its Merits Brief

Doc. 207 – Order on Petitions for Review of Final Agency Action

The DOI and respondents have filed a leave to appeal.

Link to previous coverage here.

Wyoming Federal Court Grants Ute Indian Tribe’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against BLM Fracking Rule

Order on Motions for Preliminary Injunctions here.

Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s Opening Brief in Hydraulic Fracturing Suit

Here is the pleading in Southern Ute Indian Tribe v. Dept. of Interior (D. Colo.):

19 Tribe’s Opening Brief