FRIENDS OF THE PAYETTE v. HORSESHOE BEND

No. CIV 92-0135-S-MJC.

811 F.Supp. 524 (1992)

FRIENDS OF THE PAYETTE and Idaho Rivers United, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. HORSESHOE BEND HYDROELECTRIC COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Idaho.

June 25, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Jones, Boise, ID, for plaintiffs.

D. Marc Haws, Asst. U.S. Atty. Terry E. Coffin, Steven R. Matthews, Coffin Matthews & Von Tagen, Boise, ID, David P. Hirschi, Salt Lake City, UT, Maurice O. Ellsworth, U.S. Atty., Boise, ID, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM DECISION

CALLISTER, Senior District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

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