SEATTLE AUDUBON SOC. v. ESPY

Nos. 92-36529, 92-36560 and 92-36564.

998 F.2d 699 (1993)

SEATTLE AUDUBON SOCIETY; Pilchuck Audubon Society; Washington Environmental Council; Washington Native Plants Society, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Mike ESPY, in his official capacity as Secretary of Agriculture; United States Forest Service, an agency of the United States, Defendants-Appellants, and Washington Contract Loggers Ass'n, et al., Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. SEATTLE AUDUBON SOCIETY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mike ESPY, in his official capacity as Secretary of Agriculture; United States Forest Service, an agency of the United States, Defendants-Appellees, and Washington Contract Loggers Ass'n, et al., Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd D. True and Victor M. Sher, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Seattle, WA, for Seattle Audubon Soc., plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants.

Mark Rutzick, Preston, Thorgrimson, Shidler, Gates & Ellis, Portland, OR, for Washington Contract Loggers Ass'n defendants-intervenors-appellants-cross-appellees.

Anne S. Almy, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Forest Service defendants-appellants-cross-appellees.

Kevin Q. Davis, Stoel, Rives, Boley, Jones & Grey, Portland, OR, for The Ass'n of O & C Counties and Benton County, defendants-intervenors-appellants.

Before: GOODWIN, SCHROEDER, and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

The United States Forest Service and Washington Contract Loggers Association, et al. (WCLA) each appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment and permanent injunctive relief in favor of Seattle Audubon Society (SAS). SAS challenged the Forest Service's Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision adopting the Interagency Scientific Committee's Report as the Forest Service's spotted owl management plan. The district...

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