United States Ninth Circuit

Plaintiff does not have standing to challenge a phosphate mining project since its interests were purely economic, which does not fall within the zone of interests protected by the National Environmental Policy Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/07/2005
• Decided 08/22/2005
• Published 08/22/2005

Judges

• McKEOWN, Circuit Judge., Before FERGUSON, BEEZER, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• E. Craig Smay, E. Craig Smay, P.C., Salt Lake City, UT, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Zach C. Miller, Davis Graham & Stubbs, Denver, CO, for the appellees., Robert C. Grisham, Assistant United States Attorney, Boise, ID, for the appellees.