AM. HORSE PROTECTION ASS'N v. ANDRUS

No. 78-3494.

608 F.2d 811 (1979)

AMERICAN HORSE PROTECTION ASSOC., INC., and the Humane Society of the United States, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Cecil ANDRUS, Secretary of the Interior; Frank Gregg, Director of BLM, George Turcott, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell J. Gaspar, Washington, D. C., argued for plaintiffs-appellants; David M. Barrett, McCandless & Barrett, Washington, D. C., on brief.

Carl Strass, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., argued for defendants-appellees; Walter J. Postula, Land & Natural Resources, Washington, D. C., on brief.

Before MERRILL and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and BARTELS, District Judge.


MERRILL, Circuit Judge.

Appellants have taken this appeal from the order of the district court denying their motion to enjoin the Secretary of the Interior from removing wild horses from public lands in the state of Nevada. The district court order appears at 460 F.Supp. 880. Appellants contend that the Secretary's proposed action constitutes major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment, and...

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