PORTLAND AUDUBON SOC. v. LUJAN

Civ. No. 87-1160-FR.

768 F.Supp. 755 (1991)

PORTLAND AUDUBON SOCIETY, Headwaters, Lane County Audubon Society, Oregon Natural Resources Council, the Wilderness Society, Sierra Club, Inc., Siskiyou Audubon Society, Central Oregon Audubon Society, Kalmiopsis Audubon Society, Umpqua Valley Audubon Society, Natural Resources Defense Council, Plaintiffs, v. Manuel LUJAN, Jr., in his official capacity as Secretary, United States Department of Interior, Defendant, and Northwest Forest Resource Council, Huffman & Wright Logging Co., Freres Lumber Co., Inc., Lone Rock Timber Co., Inc., Scott Timber Co., Clear Lumber Manufacturing Corp., Yoncalla Timber Products, Inc., Cornett Lumber Company, Inc., Association of O & C Counties and Benton County, Douglas County Forest Products Company, Medford Corporation, Rogge Forest Products, Inc., Defendants-Intervenors.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

July 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor M. Sher, Todd D. True, Corrie Yackulic, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs Portland Audubon Soc., Headwaters, The Wilderness Soc., Sierra Club, Inc., Siskiyou Audubon Soc., Cent. Oregon Audubon Soc., Kalmiopsis Audubon Soc., Salem Audubon Soc., Umpqua Valley Audubon Soc. and Natural Resources Defense Council.

Michael D. Axline, John E. Bonine, David Atkin, Western Natural Resources Law Clinic, University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Or., for plaintiffs Lane County Audubon Soc. and Oregon Natural Resources Council.

Charles H. Turner, U.S. Atty., Thomas C. Lee, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Or., Roger W. Nesbit, Special Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Or., for defendant.

Mark C. Rutzick, Cynthia L. Hull, Preston Thorgrimson Shidler Gates & Ellis, Portland, Or., for defendants-intervenors Northwest Forest Resource Council, Huffman & Wright Logging Co., et al., and Douglas County Forest Products, et al.

Phillip D. Chadsey, Kevin Q. Davis, Stoel Rives Boley Jones & Grey, Portland, Or., for defendant-intervenor Ass'n of O & C Counties and Benton County.


OPINION

FRYE, District Judge:

The matter before the court is the motion of plaintiffs for leave to file an amended complaint (# 639).

BACKGROUND

On May 8, 1991, this court ruled that there was no longer a claim in this case under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321-47, 1991 WL 81838 (1972). The court stated as follows:

In Portland Audubon Soc'y v. Lujan, 884 F.2d 1233...

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