United States Ninth Circuit

Grant of summary judgment for defendant in an action challenging a decision by defendant to allow certain commercial logging activities is reversed where defendant's decision to permit logging in critical old-growth forest and post-fire habitats was arbitrary and capricious.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/14/2005
• Decided 12/08/2005
• Published 12/08/2005

Judges

• BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge., Before:  B. FLETCHER, McKEOWN, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas J. Woodbury, Forest Defense, P.C., Missoula, MT, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Aaron P. Avila, Ronald M. Spritzer, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees.