Oregon Natural Resources Council v. Thomas

92 F.3d 792 26 Envtl. L. Rep. 21 ,638, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5651, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 9193 OREGON NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL; Umpqua Watersheds, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jack Ward THOMAS; United States Forest Service; Defendants-Appellees, Douglas Timber Operators; Huffman and Wright Logging Company, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees. No. 95-36256. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 4, 1996. Decided July 31, 1996. Patti A. Goldman and Laura S. Ziemer, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Seattle, Washington, for plaintiffs-appellants. Robin Michaels, Anne S. Almy and Albert M. Ferlo, Jr., United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Mark C. Rutzick and Alison Kean Campbell, Mark C. Rutzick Law Firm, Portland, Oregon, for defendants-intervenors-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, Michael R. Hogan, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-95-06282-MRH. Before: REINHARDT, KOZINSKI and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge KOZINSKI; Concurrence by Judge REINHARDT. KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge. 1 We consider whether review of certain timber sales is available under…