Churchill County v. Norton

282 F.3d 1055 CHURCHILL COUNTY; City of Fallon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gale A. NORTON, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; * William Bettenberg, in his official capacity as Assistant Director, Office of Policy Analysis, Department of the Interior; Jeffrey Zippin, in his official capacity as Team Leader Truckee-Carson Coordination Office, Department of the Interior; Ronald Anglin, in his official capacity as Refuge manager, Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, Department of the Interior; Marvin Plenert, in his official capacity as Regional Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; John Doebel, in his official capacity as Assistant Regional Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and Ann Ball, in her official capacity as Project Manager of Bureau of Reclamation Lahontan Basin Project Office, Defendants-Appellees, and Sierra Pacific Power Company, Defendant-Intervenor. No. 00-15967. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted January 11, 2001. Filed December 19, 2001. Amended March 11, 2002. Antonio Rossmann (argued), Roger B. Moore, Law Offices of Antonio Rossmann, San Francisco, CA; Michael F. Mackedon, Steven D. King,…