Friends Of The Earth v. United States Navy

850 F.2d 599 27 ERC 2145 , 18 Envtl. L. Rep. 21 ,016 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 June 17, 1988. Decided June 30, 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 On March 7, 1988, we filed an opinion in which we held: 2 [T]he Navy is permanently enjoined from obligating or expending any…