Legal Opinion
Wilderness Society v. Dombeck
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 16, 1999No. 97-35954PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE, District Judge:
This case involves a challenge to the validity of two Noranda Minerals Corp. (“Noran-da”) mining claims in the Montanore Deposit situated within the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area in northwestern Montana. The Wilderness Area is within the Kaniksu National Forest, but is administered by the Cabinet Ranger District of the Kootenai National Forest. In 1971, Pacific Coast Mines, Inc., Noranda’s predecessor-in-interest and a wholly owned subsidiary of the United States Borax and Chemical Corporation (“Borax”), began exploring for silver and copper in the Revett Formation,…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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