Legal Opinion
Native Ecosystems Council v. Dombeck
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 16, 2002No. 01-35827PublishedCited by 176 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff environmental groups Native Ecosystems Council and Bear Creek Council (collectively, “Bear Creek”) seek *890review of a timber sale slated to occur on national forest lands in Montana. They appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants, who are officials within the United States government responsible for approving the timber sale.
We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Because the United States Forest Service did not consider the cumulative impacts of some aspects of the sale sufficiently to satisfy the National…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Marsh v. Oregon Natural Resources CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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- Andrus v. Sierra ClubSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. BlackwoodCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- Conner v. BurfordCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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