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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
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Oral Argument Date
July 27, 2017
Case Updates
Case dismissed
September 21, 2017
The Tenth Circuit held that the appeal is “prudentially unripe” in light of the Trump administration’s announced intention to repeal the rule, so the court dismissed the appeal and vacated the lower court’s judgment.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Tenth Circuit to halt Bureau of Land Management’s hydraulic fracturing rule
September 23, 2016
The U.S. Chamber filed an additional brief urging the Tenth Circuit to to affirm a district court’s order preliminarily enjoining new Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) regulations of hydraulic fracturing on public lands.
Jonathan S. Franklin of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP served as counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Press release
June 22, 2016
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Tenth Circuit to halt Bureau of Land Management’s hydraulic fracturing rule
June 01, 2016
The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to uphold a district court’s order preliminarily enjoining new Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) regulations of hydraulic fracturing on public lands. The amicus brief argued that the BLM’s rule is an unnecessary intrusion into an already heavily regulated field, and that compliance with overlapping but conflicting state and federal regimes would harm U.S. businesses engaged in oil and gas development. The brief also warned that the costs and restrictions imposed by BLM’s rule unnecessarily diminish the major economic and strategic benefits of hydraulic fracturing.
Jonathan S. Franklin of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP served as counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Case Documents
- Order on Motions for Preliminary Injunction -- States v. Dept. of Interior, Jewell (USDC - District Court of Wyoming).pdf
- Industry Opening Brief on Merits -- Independent Petroleum Assn. of America v. Jewell (USDC - District Court of Wyoming).pdf
- Multistate Opening Brief in Support of Petition for Review of Final Agency Action -- States v. Dept. of Interior, Jewell (USDC - District Court of Wyoming).pdf
- North Dakota Opening Brief -- States v. Dept. of Interior, Jewell (USDC - District Court of Wyoming).pdf
- Intervenor-Respondent-Appellants' Opening Brief -- State of Wyoming v. Dept. of Interior (Tenth Circuit).pdf
- Opening Brief for the Federal Appellants -- State of Wyoming v. Dept. of Interior (Tenth Circuit).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- State of Wyoming v. Dept. of Interior (Tenth Circuit).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief II -- State of Wyoming v. Dept. of Interior (Tenth Circuit).pdf
- Notice of Supplemental Authority -- State of Wyoming v. Zinke (Tenth Circuit).pdf
- Case Dismissed -- State of Wyoming v. Zinke (Tenth Circuit).pdf