Waste Management Of North America, Inc. v. Casper Weinberger

862 F.2d 1393 28 ERC 1651 , 35 Cont.Cas.Fed. (CCH) 75,603 WASTE MANAGEMENT OF NORTH AMERICA, INC., dba Dewey's Rubbish Service, dba Great Western Reclamation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Casper WEINBERGER; James R. Webb; Brigadier General Donald E.P. Miller, Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-6592. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 4, 1988. Decided Dec. 9, 1988. H. Warren Siegel, Wyman, Bautzer, Christensen, Kuchel & Silbert, Irvine, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Maria A. Iizuka, Asst. U.S. Atty., Land & Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., for federal appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before HALL and LEAVY, Circuit Judges, and McKIBBEN, * District Judge. LEAVY, Circuit Judge: 1 This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States. We hold that the district court had jurisdiction under 31 U.S.C. Sec. 3556 (Supp. III 1985), and that plaintiff Waste Management lacked standing to bring this action. Accordingly, we affirm. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS 2 The facts are not in dispute. The El Toro Marine Corps Air Base (Base) is located in Orange County,…