MICHEL v. U.S.

No. 93-35655.

65 F.3d 130 (1995)

Dwayne MICHEL and Donna Michel, husband and wife; Viola Michel, a single person, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife; John F. Turner, Director; Sanford R. Wilbur, Supervisor; David E. Goeke, Refuge Manager, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Danielson, Jeffers, Danielson, Sonn & Aylward, and Robert R. Siderius, Jr., Wenatchee, WA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jonathan F. Klein, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWNING and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and MARILYN L. HUFF, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

I.

Dwayne, Donna, and Viola Michel own property in the state of Washington. Their land shares common borders with, and in some locations is completely circumscribed by, a national wildlife refuge owned by the United States. Historically, the Michels have used roads and trails across the refuge to conduct their cattle and farming business. Since 1960, the Michels and the government have engaged in a series of disputes and negotiations over the...

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