United States Ninth Circuit

The Organic Act, 16 USC 478 and 551, does not require the Forest Service to always prefer environmental interests over mining interests.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/13/2000
• Decided 12/29/2000
• Published 12/29/2000

Judges

• GRABER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  HALL, RYMER, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Roger Flynn, Western Mining Action Project, Boulder, Colorado, for the plaintiffs-appellants., Stephen H. Suagee, Office of the Reservation Attorney, Nespelem, Washington, for the plaintiff-intervenor-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ethan G. Shenkman, Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees., Michael J. Malmquist and Jim Butler, Parsons Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, Utah, for the defendant-intervenor-appellee.