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Nature of Suit Code: 899
Nature of Suit: Other Statutes - Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

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STATE OF WYOMING; STATE OF 

COLORADO; INDEPENDENT 

PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION OF 

AMERICA; WESTERN ENERGY 

ALLIANCE, 

 Petitioners - Appellees, 

and 

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA; STATE 

OF UTAH; UTE INDIAN TRIBE, 

 Intervenors Petitioners - Appellees, 

v. 

SIERRA CLUB; EARTHWORKS; 

WESTERN RESOURCE ADVOCATES; 

CONSERVATION COLORADO 

EDUCATION FUND; WILDERNESS 

SOCIETY; SOUTHERN UTAH 

WILDERNESS ALLIANCE, 

 Intervenors Respondents – 

 Appellants, 

and 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 

THE INTERIOR; SALLY JEWELL; 

UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LAND 

MANAGEMENT; NEIL KORNZE, 

 Respondents. 

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No. 15-8126 

(D.C. No. 2:15-CV-00043-SWS) 

(D. Wyo.) 

FILED 

United States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

July 13, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker 

Clerk of Court

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THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION OF 

WYOMING, 

 Amicus Curiae. 

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STATE OF WYOMING; STATE OF 

COLORADO; INDEPENDENT 

PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION OF 

AMERICA; WESTERN ENERGY 

ALLIANCE, 

 Petitioners - Appellees, 

v. 

SALLY JEWELL; NEIL KORNZE; 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 

THE INTERIOR; UNITED STATES 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 

 Respondents - Appellants. 

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STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA; UTE 

INDIAN TRIBE; STATE OF UTAH, 

 Intervenors Petitioners - Appellees, 

and 

SIERRA CLUB; EARTHWORKS; 

WESTERN RESOURCE ADVOCATES; 

WILDERNESS SOCIETY; 

CONSERVATION COLORADO 

EDUCATION FUND; SOUTHERN 

UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE, 

 Intervenors Respondents. 

No. 15-8134 

(D.C. No. 2:15-CV-00043-SWS) 

(D. Wyo.) 

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THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION OF 

WYOMING, 

 Amicus Curiae. 

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ORDER

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Before LUCERO, HOLMES, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges. 

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These matters are before the court on Appellee States’ unopposed Motion to 

Dismiss Appeal as Moot, Federal Respondents-Appellants’ Notice of Non-Opposition to 

Motion to Dismiss, Intervenor-Respondent-Appellants’ Response to Motion to Dismiss 

Appeal as Moot and Cross-Motion to Vacate Preliminary Injunction, State Appellees’ 

Reply in support of Motion to Dismiss Appeal as Moot and Response to Cross-Motion to 

Vacate Preliminary Injunction, Industry Appellees’ Response to Request to Vacate 

Preliminary Injunction Order, and Intervenor-Respondent-Appellants’ Reply in support 

of Cross-Motion to Vacate Preliminary Injunction. Upon careful consideration, the 

motions are granted. 

In addition, the matters are remanded to the United States District Court for the 

District of Wyoming with instructions to vacate the order granting the preliminary 

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injunction dated September 30, 2015. 

The mandate in these matters shall issue forthwith. 

Entered for the Court 

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk 

by: Lindy Lucero Schaible 

 Counsel to the Clerk 

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