Stone Forest Industries, Inc. v. F. Dale Robertson

936 F.2d 1072 STONE FOREST INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. F. Dale ROBERTSON, Chief, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service; David F. Jolly, Regional Forester, Region 3; Nick McDonough, Supervisor of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest; John Hart, Contracting Officer of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Defendants-Appellees. No. 90-15484. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 16, 1991. Decided June 19, 1991. Michael E. Haglund and Kathleen A. Pool, Haglund & Kirtley, Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellant. James P. Loss, Asst. U.S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., Raymond W. Fullerton, Asst. Gen. Counsel and Ellen R. Hornstein, Office of Gen. Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before GOODWIN, SKOPIL and CANBY, Circuit Judges. SKOPIL, Circuit Judge: 1 This is an action brought by a large timber company challenging the Forest Service's interpretation of regulations used to determine the percentage of timber sales set aside for small timber businesses within the Apache market area…