United States Ninth Circuit
CTR. FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY v. US FOREST SERV., 02-16481
A final environmental impact statement (EIS) failed to disclose responsible scientific opposition to the conclusion upon which it is based, as required by 40 C.F.R. section 1502.9(b).
Appellate Information
- Argued 07/15/2003
- Decided 11/18/2003
- Published 11/18/2003
Judges
- Before: KLEINFELD, WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and POGUE, Judge.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Michael R. Lozeau,Karli E. Sager, Deborah A. Sivas, Earthjustice, Stanford, CA; Howard M. Shanker, Phoenix, AZ, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Kelly A. Johnson, Acting Assistant Attorney General; Ellen J. Durkee, Andrew A. Smith, Susan Pacholski, Attorneys, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellees.