Summers v. Earth Island Institute
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Summers v. Earth Island Institute, 129 S.Ct. 1142
is a U.S. Supreme Court
case decided 5-4 in which several environmental organizations brought suit against the United States Forest Service
(USFS) to enjoin that federal agency from implementing rules that would allow the salvage sale of timber from 238 acres of fire-damaged federally-owned land without conducting the notice, comment, and appeal process of the Forest Service Decision-making and Appeals Reform Act.
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is a U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
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case decided 5-4 in which several environmental organizations brought suit against the United States Forest Service
United States Forest Service
The United States Forest Service is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass...
(USFS) to enjoin that federal agency from implementing rules that would allow the salvage sale of timber from 238 acres of fire-damaged federally-owned land without conducting the notice, comment, and appeal process of the Forest Service Decision-making and Appeals Reform Act.