Camp v. Bureau of Land Management
183 F.3d 1141 (9th Cir. 1999)
Plaintiff landowner sued the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)[2] and the Quiet Title Act,[3] alleging that BLM failed to give proper notice of a planned conveyance of adjacent property, thereby denying the plaintiff due... {Continue reading}

Earth Island Institute. v. U.S. Forest Service
442 F.3d 1147 (9th Cir. 2006)
Non-profit environmental organizations Earth Island Institute and the Center for Biological Diversity (Earth Island) appealed the district court's denial of their motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the United States Forest Service (USFS) from implementing two post-fire logging projects... {Continue reading}

Fitzgerald Living Trust v. U.S.
460 F.3d 1259 (9th Cir. 2006)
The Fitzgeralds, who own property in Arizona that is completely surrounded by the Sitgreaves National Forest, filed suit under the Quiet Title Act[1] and the Administrative Procedure Act[2] (APA), alleging they held preexisting access rights not subject to the Federal... {Continue reading}

Miller v. United States
163 F.3d 591 (9th Cir. 1998)
Plaintiffs brought suit against the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)[1] for damages to their cattle ranch caused by a forest fire that originated in a national forest and spread to their property. The district court granted... {Continue reading}

Montana Wilderness Ass'n. v. United States Forest Service
314 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 2003)
The United States Forest Service (USFS) and a group of intervenors[1] appealed a district court decision in favor of Montana Wilderness Association (Wilderness). Wilderness had brought a case against USFS claiming that it had failed to maintain seven Wilderness Study... {Continue reading}

Oregon Natural Desert Ass'n v. U.S. Forest Service
465 F.3d 977 (9th Cir. 2006)
Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) appealed a judgment that the United States Forest Service's (USFS) issuance of annual operating instructions (AOIs) was not a final agency action for purposes of judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).[1] The Ninth... {Continue reading}

Reed ex rel. Allen v. United States Department of Interior
231 F.3d 501 (9th Cir. 2000)
In a case involving recreational use of federal public lands, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of the United States's motion for summary judgment for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, after determining that the plaintiff's suit was barred... {Continue reading}