CASCADIA WILDLANDS v. KITZHABER

Case No. 3:12-cv-00961-AA.

911 F.Supp.2d 1075 (2012)

CASCADIA WILDLANDS, Center for Biological Diversity, and Audubon Society of Portland, Plaintiffs, v. John KITZHABER, in his official capacity as Governor of Oregon and Chair of the State Land Board; Ted Wheeler and Kate Brown, in their official capacity as members of the State Land Board; Doug Decker, in his official capacity as Oregon State Forester with the Oregon Department of Forestry; Louise Solliday, in her official capacity as Director of the Department of State Lands; John Blackwell, in his official capacity as Chair of the Oregon Board of Forestry; Sybil Ackerman, Cindy Deacon Williams, Nils Christoffersen, Tom Insko, Gary Springer, and Steve Wilson, in their official capacity as Board Members of the Oregon Board of Forestry; Tom Savage, in his official capacity as District Forester for the Astoria District; Jim Young, in his official capacity as the District Forester for the Coos District; Andy White, in his official capacity as the District Forester for the Forest Grove District and Dan Goody, in his official capacity as the District Forester for the Tillamook District, Defendants, v. Oregon Forest Industries Council, a non-profit corporation, Douglas Timber Operations, a non-profit corporation, Hampton Tree Farms Inc., an Oregon Corporation, Seneca Sawmill Company, an Oregon Corporation, and Scott Timber Co., an Oregon Corporation, Defendant-Intervenors, v. Association of Oregon Counties, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

November 19, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher G. Winter , Tanya M. Sanerib , Crag Law Center , R. Scott Jerger , Field & Jerger, LLP, Susan Jane M. Brown , Western Environmental Law Center, Portland, OR, Daniel Kruse , Attorney at Law, Nicholas Stanton Cady , Cascadia Wildlands, Eugene, OR, Attorneys for plaintiffs.

Christina L. Beatty-Walters , Darsee Staley , Oregon Department of Justice, Portland, OR, Attorneys for defendants.

Dominic M. Carollo , Ronald S. Yockim , Law Offices of Ronald S. Yockim, Roseburg, OR, Scott W. Horngren , American Forest Resource Council, Julie A. Weis , Haglund Kelley Jones & Wilder LLP, Portland, OR, Attorneys for defendant-intervenors.


OPINION AND ORDER

AIKEN, Chief Judge:

This matter comes before the Court on motions for dismissal brought by State of Oregon defendants Kitzhaber et al (State defendants) and defendant-intervenors Oregon Forest Industries et al (defendant-intervenors). See Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Plaintiffs Cascadia Wildlands et al (plaintiffs) oppose the motions. Having reviewed the parties' briefs, the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part the motions for dismissal...

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