Mount Graham Coalition v. Thomas

53 F.3d 970 40 ERC 1851 , 25 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,904 MOUNT GRAHAM COALITION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jack Ward THOMAS, Chief of the United States Forest Service; Michael Espy, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture; Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Department of Interior; and Mollie Beattie, Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendants-Appellants, State of Arizona Board of Regents, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant. Nos. 94-16324, 94-16632. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 16, 1994. Decided April 24, 1995. Cynthia Holcomb Hall, Circuit Judge, filed dissenting opinion. M. Alice Thurston, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellants. Thomas M. Thompson, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (on the briefs), and David C. Todd, Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Washington, DC (on the briefs and argued), for defendant-intervenor-appellant. Eric Glitzenstein, Meyer & Glitzenstein, Washington, DC (on the briefs and argued), for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arizona (Tucson). Before: ALARCON and HALL, Circuit Judges, and KING, * Senior District…