Skeet, "Shopping" for a favorable judge is always something environmental organizations make sure they have covered. Why wouldn't the US AG do the same thing. Many people (and I am one of them) are saying that federal judges should have geographic boundaries for cases they can hear. At the present time, the enviros are running to a federal judge in Montana, who they seem to have in their pocket. Just my humble opinion. This judge usually finds in their favor. The agency I used to work for would start working on the appeal anytime we had a case before a certain judge in Wyoming. He would always find against us and we knew we had to get the case before the 10th Circuit in Denver if there was any hope of getting a favorable ruling. Kind of gives you a bad taste to know this is how the law really operates.
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