United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of a preliminary injunction to halt implementation of U.S. Forest Service post-fire logging sales in a national forest is affirmed in part and reversed in part as the district court: 1) did not abuse its discretion in denying a preliminary injunction on environmental organizations' claims under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); but 2) applying an erroneous legal standard in denying a preliminary injunction on claims under the National Forest Management Act (NFMA). (Amended opinion)

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/05/2007
• Decided 02/12/2007
• Published 03/02/2007

Judges

• Before: SUSAN P. GRABER, RICHARD A. PAEZ, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ralph O. Bloemers, Cascade Resources Advocacy Group, Portland, Oregon;  Karen Lindholdt, University Legal Assistance, Spokane, Washington, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• David C. Shilton, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees., Scott W. Horngren, Haglund Kelley Horngren Jones & Wilder, LLP, Portland, OR, for the defendants-intervenors-appellees.