Southwest Center For Biological Diversity v. U.S. Forest Service

100 F.3d 1443 SOUTHWEST CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, A NON PROFIT CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. U.S. FOREST SERVICE; JOHN MCGEE, FOREST SUPERVISOR, CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST; DAN GLICKMAN, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. No. 96-15756 United States Court of Appeals NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted Oct. 11, 1996 Decided: November 19, 1996. Geoff Hickcox, Kenna and Associates, Durango, Colorado, for the plaintiff-appellant. Lisa E. Jones, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, William D. Browning, District Judge, Presiding, D.C. No. CV-95-00879-WDB. Before: James R. Browning, Dorothy W. Nelson, and Ferdinand F. Fernandez, Circuit Judges. D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge: 1 The Southwest Center for Biological Diversity appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States Forest Service in Southwest Center's action claiming that a proposed sale of salvage timber in the Coronado National Forest violates the Rescissions Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-19,…