United States Ninth Circuit
CITIZENS FOR BETTER FORESTRY v. US DEP'T OF AGRIC., 02-16009
A coalition of environmental groups alleged procedural injury through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Forest Service's failure to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act, before promulgating its new national forest management policy, thus they established both standing and ripeness.
Appellate Information
- Argued 03/10/2003
- Decided 08/28/2003
- Published 08/28/2003
Judges
- Before: NOONAN, TASHIMA, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Michael Axline and Marc D. Fink, Western Environmental Law Center, Eugene, Oregon, and Roger Beers, Oakland, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, David C. Shilton and Sylvia Quast, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC for the defendants-appellees.