EPIC & Sierra Club v. Cal. Dept of Forestry, Cal Fish & Game, Pacific Lumber Co.
N/AOUTCOME: Calif. Supreme Court decision in plaintiffs’ favor
44 Cal. 4th 459 (2008). Challenge to California agencies’ Headwaters Forest / Pacific Lumber approvals.
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OUTCOME: Calif. Supreme Court decision in plaintiffs’ favor
44 Cal. 4th 459 (2008). Challenge to California agencies’ Headwaters Forest / Pacific Lumber approvals.
OUTCOME: 9th Circuit held EIS for Forest Service plan for eleven National Forests was flawed for failing to analyze impacts on fish species.
689 F.3d 1012 (2012).
OUTCOME: Decision for plaintiffs setting aside Forest Service denial of FOIA fee waiver and resulting in release of records free of charge.
432 F.3d 945 (9th Cir. 2005)
OUTCOME: CIA's Freedom of Information search was inadequate for not searching 3 of 5 CIA directorates; CIA could not issue a Glomar response.
885 F.Supp.2d 120 (2012)
OUTCOME: Permanent injunction against Pacific Lumber logging as an unlawful “take” of marbled murrelets in violation of the Endangered Species Act.
880 F.Supp. 1343 (N.D. Cal.1995). This is the first case in the nation to apply the ESA’s Section 9's take prohibition to private lands.