United States Sixth Circuit

Plaintiffs' claims, seeking a declaration that a lake is not part of a Wilderness area and therefore not within the regulatory authority of the U.S. Forest Service, are untimely and the government did not waive its right to raise a statute of limitations defense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/03/2003
• Published 10/03/2003

Judges

• Before: KEITH, BATCHELDER, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Adam T. Reeves, Mountain States Legal Foundation, Denver, CO, Steven J. Lechner (argued), William Perry Pendley (briefed), Mountain States Legal Foundation, Lakewood, CO, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Elizabeth H. Schmiesing (briefed), William L. Underwood (briefed), Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, for Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark R. Haag (briefed), Todd S. Kim (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, Robert I. Dodge, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI, Judd R. Spray, U.S. Attorney's Office, Marquette, MI, for Defendants-Appellees.