Friends Of The Earth v. United States Navy

841 F.2d 927 27 ERC 1965 , 18 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,630 FRIENDS OF THE EARTH, a New York non-profit corporation; Pilchuck Audubon Society, a Washington non-profit corporation; Puget Sound Alliance, a Washington non-profit corporation; Seattle Audubon Society, a Washington non-profit corporation; Sierra Club, a California non-profit corporation; Washington Environmental Council, a Washington non-profit corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES NAVY, an agency of the United States and; James H. Webb, Jr., in his capacity as Secretary of the Navy, Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-4304. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 8, 1988. Decided March 7, 1988. Victor M. Sher, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Inc., Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants. J. Carol Williams, Dept. of Justice Land & Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before SKOPIL, REINHARDT and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. LEAVY, Circuit Judge: 1 The appellants, Friends of the Earth and other environmental organizations (FOE), appeal the denial of their motion to…