Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. United States Forest Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 20, 1996No. Nos. 95-35892, 95-36033PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
This consolidated appeal requires us to determine when “preparation” of a salvage timber sale ends for purposes of the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Assistance and Rescissions Act (the Act), Pub.L. No. 104r-19,109 Stat. 194 (1995).
This action is a National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4321, et. seq., challenge to proposed salvage timber sales in the Warner Creek area of Oregon. After Plaintiffs filed their complaint, Congress passed the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Assistance and Rescissions Act, eliminating the need to…
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- United States v. Alvarez-SanchezSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Northwest Forest Resource Council v. GlickmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- In Re James E. Mitchell and Diane C. Mitchell, Debtors. James E. Mitchell Diane C. Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Associated Contract Loggers, Inc. v. United States Forest ServiceDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2000
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