Kleissler v. United States Forest Service

OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

The district court denied a request for intervention by local governmental bodies and business concerns in litigation brought by environmentalists to restrict logging activities in a National Forest. We conclude that the proposed intervenors established a threat to their interests from the suit and a reasonable doubt whether the government agency would adequately represent those concerns. Accordingly, we reverse the district court’s order and remand for further proceedings.

Plaintiffs are six Pennsylvania and Ohio residents and an Indiana organization…