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CONNER v. BURFORD

Nos. 85-3929 to 85-3937.

836 F.2d 1521 (1988)

James R. CONNER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert BURFORD, Director, Bureau of Land Management, et al., Defendants-Appellants, and Placid Oil Company, Conquest Exploration Company, the Louisiana Land and Exploration Company and Anadarko Production Company, Union Oil Company of California, et al., Intervenors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen J. Durkee and Robert L. Klarquist, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

Thomas France, Nat. Wildlife Federation, Missoula, Mont., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Laura L. Payne, Poulson, Odell & Peterson, Denver, Colo.; Philip K. Verleger, Donna R. Black, Michael A. Monahan, McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Black, Los Angeles, Cal.; Constance E. Brooks, Mountain States Legal Foundation, Denver, Colo., for intervenors-appellants.

Before GOODWIN, WALLACE and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.

NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether federal agencies violated the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq., or the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq., by selling oil and gas leases on 1,300,000 acres of national forest land in Montana without preparing either an environmental impact statement (EIS) or a comprehensive biological opinion encompassing the...

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