SIERRA CLUB v. MARTIN

No. 98-8358.

168 F.3d 1 (1999)

SIERRA CLUB, Wilderness Society, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. George G. MARTIN, in his official capacity as Forest Supervisor of the Chatta-hoochee and Oconee National Forests; Robert C. Joslin, Regional Forester of the United States Forest Service for Region Eight, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald D.J. Stack, Martin A. Shelton, Stack & Associates, PC, Atlanta, GA, Eric E. Huber, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Mark R. Haag, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

J. Michael Klise, Thomas R. Lundquist, Steven P. Quarles, Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washingtonm, DC, for Bert Thomas, Cook Brothers Lumber, Parton Lumber and Thrift Brothers.

Robert L. Klarquist, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Federal appellees.

Before BIRCH and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and ALAIMO, Senior District Judge.


BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

The Sierra Club1 appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to the United States Forest Service ("Forest Service") and intervenor timber companies in connection with the Forest Service's decision to allow seven timber sales in Georgia's Chattahoochee National Forest, which will enable logging (including clearcutting), road building and related activities. On appeal, Sierra Club asserts that the decision...

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