SAVE THE PEAKS COALITION v. U.S. FOREST SERVICE

No. 10-17896.

669 F.3d 1025 (2012)

The SAVE THE PEAKS COALITION; Kristin Huisinga; Clayson Benally; Sylvan Grey; Don Fanning; Jeneda Benally; Frederica Hall; Berta Benally; Rachel Tso; Lisa Tso, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE; Joseph P. Stringer, Acting Forest Supervisor for the Coconino National Forest, Defendants-Appellees, Arizona Snowbowl Resort LP, Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard M. Shanker (argued), The Shanker Law Firm, PLC, Tempe, AZ, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Ignacia S. Moreno , John Tustin , Cynthia Huber , Lane N. McFadden (argued), United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees.

Catherine E. Stetson (argued), Andrew L. Spielman and Dominic F. Perella , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C., Michael J. O'Connor , Paul G. Johnson and John J. Egbert , Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C., Phoenix, AZ, for the intervenor-defendant-appellee.

Before: J. CLIFFORD WALLACE, JOHN T. NOONAN, JR., and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.


OPINION

M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This case represents a gross abuse of the judicial process. Just when Defendants-Appellees United States Forest Service and Joseph P. Stringer (USFS), and Intervenor-Defendant Arizona Snowbowl Resort Limited Partnership (ASRLP) had successfully defended an agency decision to allow snowmaking at a ski resort on federal land all the way to the United States Supreme Court, "new" plaintiffs appeared. Represented by the same attorney...

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