Natural Resources Defense Council v. Spencer Abraham

388 F.3d 701 NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL; Snake River Alliance; Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation; Shoshone Bannock Tribes, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Spencer ABRAHAM, Secretary, Department of Energy; United States of America, Defendants-Appellants. No. 03-35711. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 5, 2004. Filed November 5, 2004. Ronald M. Spritzer, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellants. Geoffrey H. Fettus, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC; Raymond C. Givens, Givens Law Firm, Coeur d'Alene, ID; Dan Israel, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Boulder, CO, for the plaintiffs-appellees. David K. Mears, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for amici curiae State of Idaho, State of Oregon, State of New Mexico, State of New York, State of South Carolina, State of Washington, and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho; B. Lynn Winmill, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-01-00413-BLW. Before: KOZINSKI, FERNANDEZ, and…