Legal Opinion
Seattle Audubon Society v. Lyons
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided August 5, 1994No. C92-479WD, C94-758WD, C94-803WD and C94-820WDPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FEDERAL DEFENDANTS TO AMEND ANSWER TO ASSERT CROSS-CLAIMS, DENYING MOTION TO JOIN ADDITIONAL PARTIES, AND MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS
DWYER, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In these consolidated cases environmental groups challenge the legality of a forest management plan adopted on April 13, 1994, by the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior. The federal defendants are the two Secretaries, the United States Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and officials of the latter two agencies. The plan was adopted in response to an injunction entered herein on July 2,…
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- Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Aetna Life Insurance v. HaworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Western Mining Council v. WattCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Robertson v. Seattle Audubon SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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- Seattle Audubon Society v. MoseleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Seattle Audubon Society Washington Environmental Council Washington Native Plants Society Save the West the Sierra Club, a Non-Profit Corporation, and Native Forest Council v. James R. Moseley, in His Official Capacity as Asst. Secretary of Agriculture James Lyons, in His Official Capacity as Asst. Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment United States Forest Service, an Agency of the United States Bureau of Land Management, an Agency of the United States Michael Espy, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of Agriculture Bruce Babbitt, in His Capacity as Secretary of the Interior, and Washington Contract Loggers Assoc. Burgess Logging Co. Lone Rock Timber Company, Inc. Jackie Bryan Cox Freres Lumber Company, Inc. Norman v. Persons A. Troy Reinhart Gregory A. Miller Northwest Forest Resource Council, Defendants-Intervenors. Seattle Audubon Society Washington Environmental Council the Sierra Club, a Non-Profit Corporation Native Forest Council, and Save the West Forest Conservation Council v. James R. Moseley, in His Official Capacity as Asst. Secretary of Agriculture James Lyons, in His Official Capacity as Asst. Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment United States Forest Service, an Agency of the United States Bureau of Land Management, Medford District, an Agency of the United States Michael Espy, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of Agriculture Bruce Babbitt, in His Capacity as Secretary of the Interior, and Washington Contract Loggers Assoc. Burgess Logging Co. Lone Rock Timber Company, Inc. Jackie Bryan Cox Freres Lumber Company, Inc. Norman v. Persons A. Troy Reinhart Gregory A. Miller Northwest Forest Resource Council, Defendants-Intervenors. Seattle Audubon Society Washington Environmental Council Save the West the Sierra Club, a Non-Profit Corporation Native Forest Council, Forest Conservation Council v. James R. Moseley, in His Official Capacity as Asst. Secretary of Agriculture Bruce Babbitt, in His Capacity as Secretary of the Interior United States Forest Service, an Agency of the United States Bureau of Land Management, Medford District, an Agency of the United States Michael Espy, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of Agriculture, Washington Contract Loggers Assoc. Burgess Logging Co. Lone Rock Timber Company, Inc. Jackie Bryan Cox Freres Lumber Company, Inc. Norman v. Persons A. Troy Reinhart Gregory A. Miller Defendants-Intervenors, and James Lyons, in His Official Capacity as Asst. Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest Forest Resource Council, Defendant-Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996