United States Ninth Circuit

The United States Forest Service's issuance of a permit to operate a bison capture facility in Montana did not violate the Endangered Species Act or the National Environmental Policy Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/01/2004
• Decided 07/14/2004
• Published 07/14/2004

Judges

• O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge., Before O'SCANNLAIN, RYMER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas J. Woodbury (argued), Missoula, MT, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas A. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General;  David Shilton, John Almeida, Susan Henderson, and Susan Pacholski (argued), Attorneys, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellees., John Bloomquist and David R. Stewart, Helena, MT, filed a brief for amicus curiae Montana Department of Livestock in support of the defendants-appellees.