Portland Audubon Society v. The Endangered Species Committee

984 F.2d 1534 35 ERC 2081 , 61 USLW 2489 , 23 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,560 PORTLAND AUDUBON SOCIETY, et al., Petitioners, v. The ENDANGERED SPECIES COMMITTEE, Respondent, OREGON LANDS COALITION, Respondent-Intervenor, Northwest Forest Resource Council, et al., Respondents-Intervenors, Association of O & C Counties, et al., Respondents-Intervenors. No. 92-70436. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Motion Argued and Submitted Sept. 23, 1992. Decided Feb. 10, 1993. As Amended April 1, 1993. Victorr M. Sher and Todd D. True, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Inc., Seattle, WA, for petitioners. Vicki A. O'Meara, Myles E. Flynt, Peter R. Steenland, Jr., and Albert M. Ferlo, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington DC, for respondent. William Perry Pendley, Todd S. Welch, and Paul M. Seby, Mountain States Legal Foundation, Denver, CO, for intervenors. Petition to Review a Decision of the Endangered Species Committee. Before GOODWIN, D.W. NELSON, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 We consider here a motion filed in a most important and controversial case. The motion itself raises a significant issue of first impression. In the underlying proceeding, petitioners…