Legal Opinion
Northwest Resource Information Center, Inc. v. National Marine Fisheries Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1995No. Nos. 94-35334, 94-35335, 94-35375, 94-35381 and 94-35382PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
In this first of three related cases,1 we are called upon to referee another round in the struggle between various federal agencies, environmental groups, fisheries interests, and electric power interests to come up with a viable program to preserve the dwindling stocks of wild salmon in the Columbia River and its tributaries in the Pacific Northwest. In this appeal, we must decide whether two federal agencies, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the National Marine Fisheries Service, have complied with their duties under the National Environmental Policy Act and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Marsh v. Oregon Natural Resources CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Greenpeace Action v. FranklinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Save the Yaak Committee, Donn Vance v. J.R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture R. Max Peterson, Chief, Forest Service Thomas Costin, Region I ForesterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Public Utilities Commission Of The State Of California v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Kandra v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 2001
- Crutchfield v. United States Army Corps of EngineersDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2001
- Idaho Department of Fish & Game, State of Oregon, Intervenor-Appellee, Northwest Resource Information Center, Inc., Intervenor-Appellee v. National Marine Fisheries Service, Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee, Direct Service Industrial Customers (Aluminum Co. Of America, Atochem North America, Columbia Falls Aluminum Company, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp., Intalco Aluminum Corp.), Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant v. Randall W. Hardy, in His Official Capacity as Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee. Idaho Department of Fish & Game, and State of Oregon, Intervenor-Appellee v. National Marine Fisheries Service, Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee v. Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant v. Randall W. Hardy, in His Official Capacity as Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, Third-Party-Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- League of Wilderness Defenders—Blue Mountain Biodiversity Project v. BosworthDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 2005
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