NORTHWEST FOREST RESOURCE COUNCIL v. DOMBECK

No. 96-5211.

107 F.3d 897 (1997)

NORTHWEST FOREST RESOURCE COUNCIL, et al., Appellants, v. Michael DOMBECK, Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management, and Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Rutzick, Portland, OR, argued the cause, for appellants, with whom Kevin Q. Davis was on the briefs. Thomas R. Lundquist, Washington, DC, entered an appearance.

David C. Shilton, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause, for appellees, with whom Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, Peter D. Coppelman, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Albert M. Ferlo, Jr., Martin W. Matzen, and Wells D. Burgess, Attorneys, Washington, DC, were on the brief.

Stephen M. Truitt and Charles H. Carpenter, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for amicus curiae Native Forest Council.

Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, WALD and TATEL, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Chief Judge.

Appellants — the Northwest Forest Resource Council ("NFRC") et al., an industry/labor/citizen coalition — appeal the District Court's decision dismissing their claims arising out of the 1994 President's Forest Plan. Northwest Forest v. Secretary of Agriculture, Civ. No. 93-1621 (D.D.C. May 22, 1996) (trans.), reprinted in Joint Appendix ("J...

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