SIERRA CLUB v. CLARK

No. 84-6483.

774 F.2d 1406 (1985)

SIERRA CLUB, the Wilderness Society, the Desert Protective Council, and California Native Plant Society, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. William P. CLARK, Secretary of the Interior, Robert F. Burford, Edward Hastey, Gerald E. Hillier, William T. Civish, Everall G. Hayes, and Sports Committee District 37 AMA Inc., Defendants/Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Sherwood, Deborah S. Reames, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs/appellants.

Robert C. Bonner, U.S. Atty., Frederick M. Brosio, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., James R. Arnold, Ronald K. Silver, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants/appellees.

David Elson, David A. Juhnke, Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Tunney, Los Angeles, Cal., for Dist. 37, A.M.A., Inc.

Before ANDERSON and TANG, Circuit Judges, and LEAVY, District Judge.


J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

The Sierra Club and other environmental groups (Sierra Club) brought this action challenging the validity of two related but separate actions taken by the federal defendants on the grounds that they violated the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C. § 1701, et seq., (1982) and numerous other statutes, Executive Orders and regulations. The district court denied the requested declaratory and...

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