United States Forest Service v. Pacific Rivers Council (2012)
- Docket
- 12-623
- Decided
- 2012-01-01
Summary
Question: 1. Does the Pacific Rivers Council (PRC) have standing to challenge the Forest Service's 2004 amendments if it failed to establish that any of its members were imminently threatened with harm because of the amendments? 2. Is the PRC's challenge to the amendments ripe for suit if the PRC fail to identify any project authorized under the plan to which the PRC objects? 3. Did the NEPA require the Forest Service to analyze every reasonably possible type of environmental effect that the amendments might have on the ecosystem? Conclusion: Unanswered. Prior to arguments, the Court granted a motion by the respondents to vacate the judgment of the lower court and dismiss the case as moot.