STATE OF MONTANA v. CLARK

No. 83-1982.

749 F.2d 740 (1984)

STATE OF MONTANA, Appellant v. William P. CLARK, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 20, 1984.

As Amended February 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Raymond Randolph, Washington, D.C., with whom Christopher L. Varner, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Edward J. Shawaker, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Robert L. Klarquist, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for federal appellees.

Dale T. White, Boulder, Colo., with whom Robert S. Pelcyger, Boulder, Colo., was on the brief, for appellee Crow Tribe of Indians. Martin E. Seneca, Jr., Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for the Crow Tribe of Indians.

Before WRIGHT and WALD, Circuit Judges, and McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

The State of Montana appeals a District Court order upholding an Interior Department regulation, 30 C.F.R. § 872.11(b)(3) (1983), against a challenge that it is inconsistent with the organic statute, the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, 30 U.S.C. § 1201 et seq. (1982). The Crow Tribe of Indians...

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