National Wildlife Federation v. Burford

871 F.2d 849 19 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,656 NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION; Montana Wildlife Federation; Northern Plains Resource Council, a Montana Non-Profit Corporation; Powder River Basin Resource Council, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Robert F. BURFORD, Director, Bureau of Land Management; James G. Watt, Secretary of the Interior; United States Department of the Interior, Defendants-Appellees, State of Wyoming; Meadowlark Farms, Inc., Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees, and Shell Oil Company; Western Energy Co., Defendants-Intervenors. No. 87-4375. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 9, 1989. Decided March 30, 1989. Glenn P. Sugameli (Argued), National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C., James A. Patten, Patten Law Firm, Billings, Mont., Eldon V.C. Greenberg, Galloway & Greenberg, of counsel, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellants. Steven P. Quarles, Thomas R. Lundquist, Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C., for defendant-intervenor-appellee State of Wyo. Roger J. Marzulla, Asst. Atty. Gen., Byron H. Dunbar, U.S. Atty., Butte, Mont., Robert L. Klarquist, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the federal defendants-appellees.…