United States Ninth Circuit
LAUB v. US DEP'T OF THE INTERIOR, 02-15104
An action under the National Environmental Protection Act ("NEPA")against federal and state government defendants, challenging a proposed interagency water management program plan, is ripe for judicial review before site-specific action is taken; remanded for findings on federal action under the NEPA.
Appellate Information
- Argued 02/11/2003
- Decided 09/08/2003
- Published 09/08/2003
Judges
- Before NOONAN, THOMAS and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Nancy N. McDonald,Brenda Jahns Southwick, Rebecca Dell Sheehan, Sacramento, CA, for appellants Laub, Jacobsen, Sheely and the California Farm Bureau Federation., Christopher H. Buckley, Jr., Rachel A. Clark, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, for appellant California Farm Bureau Federation.
- For Appellees:
- Thomas L. Sansonetti, Maria Iizuka, David C. Shilton, Silva Quast, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the Federal appellees., Bill Lockyear, Richard M. Frank, Matthew Rodriquez, Gordon Burns, Office of the Attorney General of California, Sacramento, CA, for the State appellees.