United States Ninth Circuit

Birdwatchers have standing to challenge Navy environmental impact statement on closing of naval base, demolition of its buildings and dredging of nearby wildlife habitat under the National Environmental Policy Act but must meet federal requirements for taxpayer standing and cannot rely on more lenient state law requirements.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/06/2000
• Decided 02/05/2001
• Published 02/05/2001

Judges

• REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:, Before:  REINHARDT and BERZON, Circuit Judges, and BREYER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard I. Fine, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dominic T. Holzhaus, Long Beach, California, and M. Katherine Jensen, Rutan & Tucker, Costa Mesa, California, for defendant-appellee City of Long Beach., John K. Rubiner and Eliot Krieger, U.S. Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee United States Department of the Navy.