In a decision that strikes a blow against the
federal government's controversial practice of
excluding industry from consent decrees with environmental citizen groups, a practice known as «sue - and - settle,» the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the district court's approval of a consent decree between a coalition of environmental groups and several federal agencies in Conservation Northwest v. Sherman, No. 11 - 35729 (9th
Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit overturned the district
court's approval of a consent decree between a coalition of environmental groups and several federal agencies in Conservation Northwest v. Sherman, No. 11 - 35729 (9th
court's approval of a consent decree between a coalition of environmental groups and several
federal agencies in Conservation Northwest v. Sherman, No. 11 - 35729 (9th Cir.