Fairbanks North Star v. U.S. Army

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 07-35545 v. D.C. No.

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS;  CV-06-00026-F-

JOHN W. PEABODY; KEVIN J. RRB

WILSON, OPINION

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Ralph R. Beistline, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 4, 2008—Anchorage, Alaska

Filed September 12, 2008

Before: Dorothy W. Nelson, A. Wallace Tashima and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Fisher

12737 FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR v. USACE 12739

COUNSEL

Joseph W. Miller, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Fairbanks, Alaska; James S. Burling and Damien M. Schiff (argued), Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Ronald J. Tenpas, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Steven E. Rusak, Ellen J. Durkee, Aaron P. Avila and Robert H. Oak- ley (argued), Attorneys, United States Department of Justice, 12740 FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR v. USACE Environmental and…