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NORTON v. SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE

No. 03-101.

542 U.S. 55 (2004)

124 S.Ct. 2373

159 L.Ed.2d 137

NORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, ET AL. v. SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 14, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Olson, Assistant Attorney General Sansonetti, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Clark, Barbara McDowell, Andrew Mergen, John A. Bryson, Susan Pacholski, and Roderick E. Walston.

Paul M. Smith argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief for respondents Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance et al. were Jerome L. Epstein, William M. Hohengarten, Elaine J. Goldenberg, Stephen H. M. Bloch, James S. Angell, Patti Goldman, and Todd D. True. Paul A. Turcke and Paul W. Mortensen filed a brief for respondents Utah Shared Access Alliance et al.*

JUSTICE SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we must decide whether the authority of a federal court under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) to "compel agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed," 5 U. S. C. § 706(1), extends to the review of the United States Bureau of Land Management's stewardship of public lands under certain statutory provisions and its own planning documents...

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