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Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council; Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council

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In 2004, Coeur Alaska sought a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers ("Army Corps") to open the Kensington Gold Mine in southeast Alaska. See Southeast Alaska Conservation Council v. Army Corps of Engineers, 486 F. 3d 638, 641 (9th Cir. 2007). Coeur...

Summers v. Earth Island Institute

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In 1992, Congress enacted the Forest Service Decisionmaking and Appeals Reform Act (“ARA”). See Brief for Petitioners, Priscilla Summers et al. at 2. The ARA requires the United States Forest Service to establish a notice and comment process for Forest...