Idaho Wool Growers Association v. Tom Vilsak (USDA)

<> Idaho Wool Growers Association v. Tom Vilsak (USDA) - 3/2/16. In the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Case No. 14-35445. Among other things, the panel affirmed the district court's summary judgment in favor of the United States Forest Service in an action challenging the Forest Service's decision, made in response to concerns regarding disease transmission to immunologically vulnerable bighorn sheep, to close to domestic sheep grazing approximately 70% of allotments on which grazing had been permitted in the Payette National Forest in Idaho.

Supreme Court Rejects State Attorneys General Attack on Life-Saving Mercury Standards

<> Supreme Court Rejects State Attorneys General Attack on Life-Saving Mercury Standards - Today (Mar 3), Chief Justice John Roberts denied an emergency application filed by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and allied Attorneys General to "stay" the landmark limits on toxic pollution from power plant smokestacks (MATS rule).  Opposition Petition (Mar 2) of environmental groups, states and cities opposed to the stay application Previous WIMS Coverage: What a Supreme Court ruling on mercury standards will tell us