NATIONAL MIN. ASS'N v. U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR

Nos. 94-5351, 94-5353, 94-5377 and 95-5028.

70 F.3d 1345 (1995)

NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION, et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF the INTERIOR, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Klise argued the cause, for appellants, with whom John A. MacLeod, Thomas C. Means, Harold P. Quinn, Jr., and Dean K. Hunt, were on the briefs. Gregory E. Conrad was on the brief, for appellant Interstate Mining Compact Commission.

Lisa E. Jones, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, argued the cause, for appellees, with whom Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, and J. Carol Williams, Attorney, were on the brief.

Glenn P. Sugameli and Thomas J. Fitzgerald were on the brief, for appellee National Wildlife Federation, et al.

Before SILBERMAN, SENTELLE and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, National Mining Association (the Association) and the Interstate Mining Compact Commission, appeal the district court's summary judgment disposing of their claims that the Department of Interior acted arbitrarily or capriciously in denying a rule-making petition. The petition sought to repeal a regulation, promulgated under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation...

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