Animal Protection Institute Of America v. Hodel

860 F.2d 920 19 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,251 ANIMAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, a California non-profit corporation; the Fund for Animals, Inc., a New York non-profit corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Donald P. HODEL, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.; Robert Buford, Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Washington, D.C.; Edward F. Spang, Director of the Bureau of Land Management, State of Nevada; Thomas J. Owen, District Manager Bureau of Land Management, Carson City; Don Pomi, Assistant District Manager for the Division of Wild Horses and Burros; M.H. Frei, Program Leader, Wild Horse Specialist, Defendants-Appellants. No. 87-2683. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 14, 1988. Decided Oct. 31, 1988. Blake A. Watson, Appellate Section, Land & Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington D.C., for defendants-appellants. W. Craig James, Skinner, Fawcett & Mauk, Boise, Idaho, John Ohlson, Olson & Edmiston, Reno, Nev., for plaintiffs-appellees. Russell J. Gaspar, Hanna, Gaspar, Osborne & Birkel, Washington, D.C., for amicus. Appeal from the United States District Court for…