United States v. Carpenter

298 F.3d 1122 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. John C. CARPENTER; Grant Gerber; O.Q. Johnson, Defendants, and County of Elko, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee, The Wilderness Society; Great Old Broads for Wilderness, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. No. 01-16326. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 12, 2002. Filed August 12, 2002. Eric E. Huber, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Inc., Denver, CO, for the defendants-intervenors-appellants. Blaine T. Welsh and Steven W. Myhre, U.S. Department of Justice, United States Attorney's Office, Las Vegas, NV, for the plaintiff-counter-defendant-appellee. Kristin A. McQueary, Office of Elko County District Attorney, Elko, NV, for the defendant-counter-claimant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, David Warner Hagen, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-00547-DWH. Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, D.W. NELSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. OPINION PER CURIAM. 1 Two environmental organizations, The Wilderness Society and Great Old Broads for Wilderness, appeal the denial of their motion to intervene as of right in a suit…