WILSON v. U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR

No. 85-2484.

799 F.2d 591 (1986)

W.L. WILSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF the INTERIOR, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amanda D. Bailey, Grand Junction, Colo., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Arthur Gowran, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Claire L. McGurie, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

Jeanette Wolfley, Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, Colo., amicus.

Before CHOY, HUG and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

The Department of the Interior (Department) appeals from a district court judgment reversing the Secretary of the Interior's (Secretary) denial of Idaho Mining Corporation's (Idaho Mining) application for mineral leases on the Walker River Indian Reservation (Reservation) in Nevada. In its reply brief in this court, the Department argues for the first time that this action is moot. Although we are not pleased with the Department's failure...

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