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WESTERN MIN. COUNCIL v. WATT

No. 78-2669.

643 F.2d 618 (1981)

WESTERN MINING COUNCIL, a corporation, Robert G. Wright, Cal-Ore Chapter, Western Mining Council, Barney McClendon, Jr., Nor-Cal Chapter, Western Mining Council, Richard Arbo, Hayfork Chapter Western Mining Council, Larry Cordtz, Prospectors & Miners' Chapter of Shasta County, Western Mining Council, Carl Ripatte, Mother Lode Miners Association, Chapter of Western Mining Council, Pat Crombie, Northern Mining Council, Chapter of Western Mining Council, Barney Green, Los Angeles County Chapter, Western Mining Council, Robert Sanders, Tuolumne Chapter, Western Mining Council, Emmett Dahl, Santa Clara County Chapter, Western Mining Council, Ron Reeves, Mariposa County Chapter, Western Mining Council, Arne Soares, Rand-El Paso Mountains Chapter, Western Mining Council, Keith O'Hara, Doris Dietemann, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James G. WATT, Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Murray, Portland, Or., argued, for plaintiffs-appellants; Jane Skanderup, Meadow Vista, Cal., on brief.

Michael A. McCord, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee.

Before ANDERSON and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and EAST, District Judge.

EAST, District Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment dismissing their claim with prejudice pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment rendering all or part of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. §§ 1701-1782, unconstitutional and invalid. Plaintiffs also sought to enjoin the Secretary of the Interior from expending certain funds for...

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