Legal Opinion

Kootenai Tribe of Idaho v. Veneman

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 12, 2002No. Nos. 01-35472, 01-35539, 01-35476PublishedCited by 98 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by Judge GOULD; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge KLEINFELD.

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GOULD, Circuit Judge:

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This case involves procedural challenges to a United States Forest Service rule, known commonly as the “Roadless Rule,” with a potential environmental impact restricting development in national forest lands representing about two percent of the United States land mass.1 These challenges in essence urge that the Roadless Rule was promulgated without proper process and that it is invalid. The case also presents constitutional. and procedural issues about the ability of the plaintiffs…

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