Hells Canyon Preservation Council v. U.S. Forest Service

403 F.3d 683 HELLS CANYON PRESERVATION COUNCIL, an Oregon non-profit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant-Appellee. No. 03-35579. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 10, 2005. Filed April 5, 2005. William H. Sherlock, Hutchinson, Cox, Coons, DuPriest, Orr & Sherlock, P.C., Eugene, Oregon, and Brett Brownscombe, Hells Canyon Preservation Council, La Grande, OR, for the plaintiff-appellant. Michael W. Mosman, United States Attorney, and Jeffrey K. Handy, Assistant United States Attorney, District of Oregon, Portland, Oregon, Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, and James Kilborn, Todd S. Aagard, Clay Samford, and Katherine W. Hazard, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon; Helen J. Frye, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-01138-FR. Before REINHARDT, BERZON, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges. BERZON, Circuit Judge. 1 When a party withdraws one of its claims before the trial…