Plaintiffs seek a ruling from the Court that the defendant federal agencies violated the Administrative Procedure Act, and that the reinstatement of the 2004 federal leases is unlawful and exceeded the agencies’ authority under law.  Plaintiffs ask for the Court to grant an order vacating and invalidating the reinstatement of the leases, and preventing the federal agencies from any further any renewal of the unlawfully-reinstated leases. 

The ten plaintiffs on the complaint include nine businesses (River Point Resort & Outfitting Co., Voyageurs Outward Bound School, Piragis Northwoods Co., Ely Outfitting Co., Women’s Wilderness Discovery, Inc., Sawbill Canoe Outfitters, Inc., Hungry Jack Outfitters, Northstar Canoes, and Wenonah Canoe) and one non-profit organization, Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness.  We are being represented pro bono.  Our core legal team consists of lawyers from Morrison & Foerster, LLP, Best & Flanagan, and Snyder & Brandt, P.A.