DESERT CITIZENS AGAINST POLLUTION v. BISSON

No. 97-55429.

231 F.3d 1172 (2000)

DESERT CITIZENS AGAINST POLLUTION; Sierra Club; Desert Protective Council, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Henri R. BISSON; Terry A. Reed; Michael Dombeck; Bureau of Land Management, Defendants-Appellees, and Gold Fields Mining Corporation; Arid Operations Incorporated, Intervenors-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Curtiss, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, San Francisco, California, for the appellants.

Ellen J. Durkee, Attorney, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the appellees.

Charles L. Kaiser, Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Denver, Colorado, for the intervenors.

Before: HUG, Chief Judge, BOOCHEVER and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.


HUG, Chief Judge:

We review the district court's rulings on an action brought by three environmental organizations under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act ("FLPMA"), 43 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq. Desert Citizens Against Pollution, Sierra Club, and Desert Protective Council (collectively, "Desert Citizens") challenge a decision by the Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") to enter into a land exchange with intervenors Gold Fields Mining Corporation and...

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