United States Ninth Circuit

Plaintiffs need not allege non-compliance with an environmental statute or regulation to obtain standing to challenge federal land transfers based on injuries of an environmental or aesthetic nature.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/04/1998
• Decided 11/06/2000
• Published 11/06/2000

Judges

• HUG, Chief Judge:, Before:  HUG, Chief Judge, BOOCHEVER and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William S. Curtiss,Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, San Francisco, California, for the appellants., Charles L. Kaiser, Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Denver, Colorado, for the intervenors.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ellen J. Durkee, Attorney, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the appellees.