Northern Plains Resource Council v. Lujan

874 F.2d 661 19 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,861 NORTHERN PLAINS RESOURCE COUNCIL, McCone Agricultural Protection Organization, and Montana Wildlife Federation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Manuel LUJAN, Jr., * Secretary of the Interior, United States Department of the Interior, Meridian Minerals Co., Burlington Northern Inc. and Burlington Northern Railroad Co., Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-4453. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 9, 1989. Decided May 9, 1989. 1 James A. Patten, Billings, Mont., and David C. Masselli, Arlington, Va., for plaintiffs-appellants. 2 Myles E. Flint, Fred R. Disheroon, Jacques B. Gelin, and Dirk D. Snel, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee Secretary of the Interior. 3 Guy R. Martin, William A. Gould, Donald C. Baur, Perkins, Coie, Washington D.C. for defendants-appellees Burlington Northern Inc. and Burlington Northern R. Co. 4 Steven P. Quarles, Thomas R. Lundquist, Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C., and Stephen H. Foster, Holland & Hart, Billings, Mont., for defendant-appellee Meridian Minerals Co. 5 Appeal from the United States District Court, District of Montana at Billings. 6 Before WRIGHT…