Glacier Park Foundation v. Watt

663 F.2d 882 GLACIER PARK FOUNDATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James G. WATT, Secretary, Department of the Interior, an agency of the United States of America, Defendant-Appellee, and Glacier Park, Inc., Intervenor. Nos. 81-3102, 81-3511. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 6, 1981. Decided Dec. 10, 1981. John D. Hagan, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiff-appellant. Robert T. O'Leary, Butte, Mont., for defendant-appellee. Sam Haddon, Boone, Karlberg & Haddon, Missoula, Mont., for intervenor. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana. Before BROWNING and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, * Senior District Judge. EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge: 1 Glacier Park, Inc. (GPI) has operated the concessions at Glacier Park for 20 years. Its contract with the National Park Service (Service) was to expire in 1985. Because substantial improvements to the park facilities were necessary, the Service decided to cancel the existing contract and solicit proposals for a new long-term contract to provide for the new work. Notice of the Service's intent to solicit proposals was published in the Federal Register in June 1980.…