United States Tenth Circuit

Defendant-Forest Service's motion to dismiss is granted in a dispute involving a water storage decision by defendant allegedly violating the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) where the case did not fall within the narrow exception to the administrative-remand rule.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/29/2006
• Published 03/29/2006

Judges

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

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General, Clive J. Strong, Chief, Natural Resources Division, Clay R. Smith, Deputy Attorneys General, Boise, ID, for State of Idaho, Brian Sandoval, Attorney General, Carson City, NV, for State of Nevada, Wayne Stenehjem, Attorney General, Bismarck, ND for State of North Dakota, Larry Long, Attorney General, Pierre, SD, for State of South Dakota, Mark Shurtleff, Attorney General, Salt Lake City, UT, for State of Utah, Patrick J. Crank, Attorney General, Cheyenne, WY, for State of Wyoming, filed a combined amici curiae brief., Robin L. Rivett, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento CA, Russell C. Brooks, Pacific Legal Foundation, Bellevue, WA, filed an amici curiae brief on behalf of Building Industry Association of Washington, Washington State Farm Bureau, Washington State Grange, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, Early Winters Ditch Company and Pacific Legal Foundation., Lee E. Miller, Alix L. Joseph, Burns, Figa & Will, P.C., Englewood, CO, for Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District and Colorado Farm Bureau, Robert V. Trout, Trout, Witwer & Freeman, P.C., Denver, CO, for Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Julianne M. Woldridge, MacDougall, Woldridge & Worley, P.C., Colorado Springs, CO, for Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District, David W. Robbins, Hill & Robbins, P.C., Denver, CO, for Southwestern Water Conservation District and Rio Grande Water Conservation District, filed a combined amici curiae brief.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carol D. Angel, First Assistant Attorney General, Colorado State Attorney General's Office (Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Alan Gilbert, Solicitor General, Peter J. Ampe, Assistant Attorney General, Colorado State Attorney General's Office with her on the briefs, and John W. Suthers, Attorney General and Allison Eid, Solicitor General, with her on the reply brief), Denver, CO, for Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant-Cross-Appellee Colorado State Engineer and Colorado Water Conservation Board., William R. Fischer, Fischer, Brown & Gunn, P.C., Fort Collins, CO (James S. Witwer, Trout, Raley, Montano, Witwer & Freeman, P.C., Denver, CO, John A. Kolanz, Assistant City Attorney, Greeley City Attorney's Office, Greeley, CO, with him on the brief for Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants-Cross-Appellees The City of Greeley and Greeley Water and Sewer Board), for Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant-Cross-Appellee The Water Supply and Storage Company., Michael K. Murphy, of Counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, D.C. (Christopher H. Buckley, Jr., of Counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, D.C., J. Gregory Whitehair, Robert C. Marshall, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Denver, CO, with him on the briefs) for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants Trout Unlimited, Colorado Trout Unlimited and Ronald W. Albert., Ellen J. Durkee, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Kelly A. Johnson, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Environment & Natural Resources Division, David W. Gehlert, Todd Aagaard, Robert H. Oakley, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Lois Witte, of Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Agriculture, Denver, CO, with her on the briefs) for Defendants-Cross-Appellees.