United States Ninth Circuit

In a challenge to Defendant Forest Service's interpretation of a mining directive based on potential damage to riparian resources, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where Defendant's interpretation was reasonable and consistent with Congress's long-recognized interest in the development of mineral resources.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/07/2008
• Decided 05/07/2009
• Published 05/07/2009

Judges

• Before PAMELA ANN RYMER, THOMAS G. NELSON and RICHARD A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter M.K. Frost, Western Environmental Law Center, Eugene, OR;  Roger Flynn, Jeffrey C. Parsons, Western Mining Action Project, Lyons, CO, for plaintiff-appellant Siskiyou Regional Education Project., James L. Buchal, Murphy & Buchal LLP, Portland, OR, for Robert Barton., David Young, Law Offices of David Young, Los Angeles, CA;  Christopher L. Cauble, Cauble, Dole & Sorenson, Grants Pass, OR, for Gerald Hobbs.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sue Ellen Woolridge, Lane M. McFadden, Lisa Jones, Brian C. Toth, attorneys, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee United States Forest Service.