United States Tenth Circuit

Where a Tucker Act remedy was available, the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over plaintiffs' takings claims. Endangered Species Act claims are not yet ripe for review.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/25/2003
• Published 02/25/2003

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, ANDERSON, and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John C. Martin, Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, D.C., (Susan M. Mathiascheck, Alexandra V. Butler, Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, D.C.;  Richard E. Day, Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, Casper, WY, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Katherine J. Barton, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., (Margot Zallen, Of Counsel, U.S. Department of the Interior, Denver, CO;  Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, Washington, D.C.;   David C. Shilton, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., with her on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.