Resources Limited, Inc. v. Robertson

35 F.3d 1300 RESOURCES LIMITED, INC.; Swan View Coalition, Inc.; Friends of the Wild Swan; and Five Valleys Audubon Society, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. F. Dale ROBERTSON, John Mumma; Edgar G. Brannon, Jr., Defendants-Appellees, and Intermountain Forest Industry Association, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee. No. 92-35047. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 4, 1993. Decided Nov. 3, 1993. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing July 5, 1994. Daniel J. Rohlf, Portland, OR, for plaintiffs-appellants. Martin W. Matzen, Gary B. Randall, Anthony P. Hoang, and Robert L. Klarquist, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees. Thomas R. Lundquist and Steven P. Quarles, Crowell and Moring, Washington, DC, for defendant-intervenor-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana. Before WRIGHT, BEEZER, and HALL, Circuit Judges. BEEZER, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiffs (hereafter "Resources Limited") challenge the Flathead National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan ("Plan") and the forest-wide Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS"). Resources Limited asserts the defendants ("Forest Service") violated the…