United States v. Fmc Corporation
Opinion
Opinion
Graber, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 06-35429
SHOSHONE-BANNOCK TRIBES,
Intervenor-Appellee, D.C. No.
CV-98-00406-BLW
v.
OPINION
FMC CORPORATION,
Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho B. Lynn Winmill, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted May 6, 2008—Seattle, Washington
Filed June 27, 2008
Before: Susan P. Graber and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges, and Otis D. Wright II,* District Judge.
Opinion by Judge Graber
*The Honorable Otis D. Wright II, United States District Court for the Central District of California, sitting by designation. COUNSEL
Ralph H. Palumbo, Summit Law Group PLLC, Seattle, Wash- ington, for the defendant-appellant.
Paul C. EchoHawk, EchoHawk Law Offices, Pocatello, Idaho, for the intervenor-appellee. 7642 UNITED STATES v. FMC CORP. Todd S. Aagaard, Environment and Natural Resources Divi- sion, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae United States of America.