United States Ninth Circuit
IDAHO SPORTING CONGRESS, INC. v. RITTENHOUSE, 01-35403
Timber sales must be set aside where a forest land and resource management plan standard for maintaining the viability of old growth dependent species was invalid under the National Forest Management Act, and the U.S. Forest Service failed to comply with that standard.
Appellate Information
- Argued 04/01/2002
- Decided 09/17/2002
- Published 09/17/2002
Judges
- Before: D.W. NELSON, THOMPSON and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Thomas J. Woodbury, Boise, ID, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
- For Appellees:
- John A. Bryson, Mark R. Haag, Environment & Natural Resources Division United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Elise Foster, Kathryn Toffenetti, United States Department of Agriculture Office of the General Counsel, for the defendants-appellees.