Friends Of Yosemite Valley v. Gale Norton

348 F.3d 789 FRIENDS OF YOSEMITE VALLEY; Mariposans for Environmentally Responsible Growth (MERG), Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gale NORTON; United States Department of the Interior; National Park Service; John Reynolds; David A. Mihalic, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-16037. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 11, 2003 — San Francisco, California. Filed October 27, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Julia A. Olson, Wild Earth Advocates, Oakland, California; Sharon E. Duggan, Berkeley, California, for the appellants. Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, Environment & Natural Resources Division; John K. Vincent, United States Attorney; E. Robert Wright, Assistant United States Attorney; Elizabeth A. Peterson, Charles R. Shockey, David C. Shilton, Attorneys, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the appellees. Peter M.K. Frost, Western Environmental Law Center, Eugene, OR, for amici curiae Sierra Club, et al. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California; Anthony W. Ishii, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-06191-AWI. Before: Alfred T. GOODWIN, A. Wallace TASHIMA,…