McNair
The Lands Council v. McNair
Opinion
Opinion
FERGUSON, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
THE LANDS COUNCIL; WILD WEST
INSTITUTE,
Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. RANOTTA MCNAIR, Forest Supervisor for the Idaho No. 07-35000 Panhandle National Forests; UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, D.C. No.
CV-06-00425-EJL
Defendants-Appellees,
OPINION
BOUNDARY COUNTY; CITY OF
BONNERS FERRY; CITY OF MOYIE
SPRINGS; EVERHART LOGGING, INC.;
REGEHR LOGGING, INC.,
Defendants-Intervenors- Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho Edward J. Lodge, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted April 17, 2007—San Francisco, California
Filed July 2, 2007
Before: Warren J. Ferguson, Stephen Reinhardt, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Ferguson; Concurrence by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.; Concurrence by Judge Ferguson COUNSEL
Karen Lindholdt, University Legal Assistance, Spokane, Washington, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
Thomas W. Swegle, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees.