NORTHERN PLAINS RESOURCE v. U.S. BUREAU OF LAND

No. CV 01-96-BLG-RWA.

298 F.Supp.2d 1017 (2003)

NORTHERN PLAINS RESOURCE COUNCIL, INC., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Montana. Billings Division.

December 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas L. Honnold, Timothy J. Preso, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Bozeman, MT, Jack R. Tuholske, Tuholske Law Office, Missoula, MT, Michael Reisner, Northern Plains Resource Council, Billings, MT, for Plaintiff.

Lorraine D. Gallinger, William W. Mercer, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Billings, MT, Lori Caramanian, U.S. Department of Justice, Denver, CO, John C. Cruden, U.S. Environmental Enforcement Section, Washington, DC, Ronald F. Waterman, Jon Metropoulos, David C. Dalthorp, Rebecca W. Watson, Gough Shanahan Johnson & Waterman, Helena, MT, John W. Ross, Brown Law Firm, Billings, MT, Charles L. Kaiser, Charles A. Breer, Davis Graham & Stubbs, Denver, CO, Darin W. Johnson, Crowley Haughey Hanson Toole & Dietrich, Billings, MT, Kemp Wilson, Office of the Carbon County Attorney, Red Lodge, MT, Stephen H. Foster, Charles E. Hansberry, Holland & Hart, Mark Errebo, Errebo Law Office, Billings, MT, Phillip Wm. Lear, Lear & Lear, Salt Lake City, UT, Gary G. Broeder, Broeder Law Offices, Billings, MT, Dana L. Hupp, Gough Shanahan Johnson & Waterman, Helena, MT, John W. Ross, Brown Law Firm, Billings, MT, Susan Brownlee Miller, Marathon Oil Company, Houston, TX, for Defendants.


ORDER

SHANSTROM, Senior District Judge.

On September 4, 2003, United States Magistrate Judge Richard W. Anderson issued Findings and Recommendations. [Doc. No. 248] The Magistrate Judge decided the oil and gas leases at issue, which include rights to coalbed methane, incorporate the terms of the amended Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (1994 RMP/EIS). Further, he concluded that the...

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