MOUNT ROYAL JOINT VENTURE v. KEMPTHORNE

No. 05-5379.

477 F.3d 745 (2007)

MOUNT ROYAL JOINT VENTURE et al., Appellants v. Dirk KEMPTHORNE, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 16, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Lechner argued the cause for the appellants. William Perry Pendley was on brief.

John L. Smeltzer, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, argued the cause for the appellees. Matthew J. Sanders, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, was on brief.

Before: HENDERSON, ROGERS and GRIFFITH, Circuit Judges.


Opinion filed for the court by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.

KAREN LECRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, Mount Royal Joint Venture (Mount Royal) and Pete and Maxine Woods (Woods family), challenge a district court decision upholding certain actions taken by the Department of the Interior (DOI) in managing federal public lands in the Sweet Grass Hills of Montana (Hills) under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, 43 U.S.C. ...

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