Conner v. Burford

836 F.2d 1521 10 Fed.R.Serv.3d 560 , 18 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,379 James R. CONNER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert BURFORD, Director, Bureau of Land Management, et al., Defendants- Appellants, and Placid Oil Company, Conquest Exploration Company, the Louisiana Land and Exploration Company and Anadarko Production Company, Union Oil Company of California, et al., Intervenors-Appellants. Nos. 85-3929 to 85-3937. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 11, 1986. Decided Jan. 13, 1988. Ellen J. Durkee and Robert L. Klarquist, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants. Thomas France, Nat. Wildlife Federation, Missoula, Mont., for plaintiffs-appellees. Laura L. Payne, Poulson, Odell & Peterson, Denver, Colo.; Philip K. Verleger, Donna R. Black, Michael A. Monahan, McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Black, Los Angeles, Cal.; Constance E. Brooks, Mountain States Legal Foundation, Denver, Colo., for intervenors-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana. Before GOODWIN, WALLACE and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. NORRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal presents the question whether federal agencies…