Western Mining Council v. Watt

643 F.2d 618 11 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,440 WESTERN MINING COUNCIL, a corporation, Robert G. Wright, Cal-Ore Chapter, Western Mining Council, Barney McClendon, Jr., Nor-Cal Chapter, Western Mining Council, Richard Arbo, Hayfork Chapter Western Mining Council, Larry Cordtz, Prospectors & Miners' Chapter of Shasta County, Western Mining Council, Carl Ripatte, Mother Lode Miners Association, Chapter of Western Mining Council, Pat Crombie, Northern Mining Council, Chapter of Western Mining Council, Barney Green, Los Angeles County Chapter, Western Mining Council, Robert Sanders, Tuolumne Chapter, Western Mining Council, Emmett Dahl, Santa Clara County Chapter, Western Mining Council, Ron Reeves, Mariposa County Chapter, Western Mining Council, Arne Soares, Rand-El Paso Mountains Chapter, Western Mining Council, Keith O'Hara, Doris Dietemann, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James G. WATT, * Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America, Defendant-Appellee. No. 78-2669. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 11, 1980. Decided April 23, 1981. 1 William B. Murray, Portland, Or., argued, for plaintiffs-appellants; Jane Skanderup, Meadow Vista, Cal.,…