Legal Opinion
Sierra Pacific Industries v. Lyng
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1989No. Nos. 86-2708, 86-2718, 86-2994, 86-15012, 87-3799 and 87-3835PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLE, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, logging and timber firms, brought separate actions in California and Oregon against defendants, the Secretary of Agriculture and U.S. Forest Service officials, challenging the validity of regulations issued to implement § 2 of the Federal Timber Contract Payment Modification Act, 16 U.S.C. § 618 (Supp. IY 1986) (“the Act”). The Act allows holders of certain federal timber contracts to be released from their contractual obligations upon payment of a “buy-out” charge! The plaintiffs appeal those portions of the district courts’ orders sustaining three of the…
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