Legal Opinion

Greater Yellowstone Coalition Jackson Hole Alliance for Responsible Planning American Buffalo Foundation Gallatin Wildlife Association Defenders of Wildlife David A. Ritchey v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary, United States Department of Interior Roger Kennedy, Director, National Park Service Michael Finley, Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park Daniel Glickman, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, United States Forest Service Terry Medley, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and State of Montana Marc Racicot, Governor of the State of Montana, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees. Intertribal Bison Cooperative Defenders of Wildlife Greater Yellowstone Coalition Jackson Hole Alliance for Responsible Planning David A. Ritchey v. Bruce Babbitt, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the Interior, Denis Galvin, in His Official Capacity as Acting Deputy Director of the National Park Service Michael Finley, in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park Michael Dombeck, in His Official Capacity as Chief of the United States Forest Service Terry Medley, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Montana Laurence Peterson, in His Official Capacity as Executive Officer of the Montana Department of Livestock State of Montana, Department of Livestock, a State Agency Patrick J. Graham, in His Official Capacity as Director of Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks State of Montana, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 6, 1999No. 98-36151Published

1Opinion of the Court

175 F.3d 1149

GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION; Jackson Hole Alliance For

Responsible Planning; American Buffalo Foundation;

Gallatin Wildlife Association; Defenders of Wildlife;

David A. Ritchey, Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

Bruce BABBITT, Secretary, United States Department of

Interior; Roger Kennedy, Director, National Park Service;

Michael Finley, Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park;

Daniel Glickman, Secretary, United States Department of

Agriculture; Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, United States Forest

Service; Terry Medley, Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service, Defendants-Appellees,

and

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. InterTribal Bison Cooperative v. BabbittDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1998
  2. Greater Yellowstone Coalition v. BabbittCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999

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