United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of a preliminary injunction against the United States Forest Service's implementation of a "Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project" in a national forest in Montana is affirmed where there was no abuse of discretion in the district court's finding that the likelihood of success on the merits of the claims before it was low, nor in its evaluation of the possibility of irreparable harm to both parties.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/15/2006
• Decided 11/29/2006
• Published 11/30/2006

Judges

• O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:, Before: GOODWIN, O'SCANNLAIN, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas J. Woodbury, Missoula, MT, argued the cause for the plaintiff-appellants and filed a brief.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lori L. Caramanian, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, Denver, CO, argued the cause for the defendant-appellees.   Sue Ellen Wooldridge, Assistant Attorney General, Lisa Jones, Christine Everett and Alan Campbell were on the brief., Julie A. Weis, Haglund Kelley Horngren Jones & Wilder, Portland, Oregon, argued the cause for the defendant-intervenor-appellees.  Scott W. Horngren and George H. Corn, Ravalli County Attorney, were on the brief.