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WIND RIVER MIN. CORP. v. U.S.

No. 90-55731.

946 F.2d 710 (1991)

WIND RIVER MINING CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; Manuel Lujan, Jr.; Delos Jacobson, Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 8, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Holland, Denton & Denton, Las Vegas, Nev., for plaintiff-appellant.

Blake A. Watson, Environment & Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before D.W. NELSON, O'SCANNLAIN and TROTT, Circuit Judges.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must determine the applicable statute of limitations, if any, for challenges to federal land classification decisions.

I

On March 30, 1979, the Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") published in the Federal Register its decision establishing 138 Wilderness Study Areas ("WSAs") on federal land located in California. These classifications were mandated by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ("FLPMA"). WSAs...

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