United States Tenth Circuit

The Forest Service complied with the National Environmental Policy Act in approving construction of a large resort facility, and in transferring small fractions of land in return for land adjacent to other federal property.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/23/2002
• Published 07/23/2002

Judges

• EBEL, Circuit Judge., Before EBEL, Circuit Judge, McWILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge, and BROWN, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joro Walker (Bruce Plenk with her on the briefs), Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Todd S. Aagaard, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC (Andrew Mergen, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC;  John C. Cruden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Washington, DC;  Maggie L. Hughey and Stephen L. Roth, Assistant United States Attorneys, District of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT;  and Elise Foster, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, with him on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees United States Forest Service, Bernie Weingardt, and Peter W. Karp., Martin K. Banks (Mark E. Hindley with him on the brief), Stoel Rives LLP, Salt Lake City, UT, for Intervenor-Appellee Snowbird Corporation.