23 ELR 20020 | Environmental Law Reporter | copyright © 1993 | All rights reserved


Seattle Audubon Society v. Robertson

Nos. 91-35378; -35564 (965 F.2d 776) (9th Cir. June 2, 1992)

The court reverses two district court decisions enjoining 16 fiscal year 1990 timber sales by the U.S. Forest Service that were found to violate the National Forest Management Act, and remands the case to the district court with instructions to vacate the injunctions. The court grants the government's unopposed motion for summary reversal of the appeals based on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Robertson v. Seattle Audubon Society, 22 ELR 20663.

[Other opinions in this litigation are published at 20 ELR 21167, 21 ELR 20019 and 21040, and 22 ELR 20663.]

Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees
Victor M. Sher
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund
705 Second Ave., Ste. 203, Seattle WA 98104
(206) 343-7340

Counsel for Defendants-Appellants
Anne S. Almy
Environment and Natural Resources Division
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington DC 20530
(202) 514-2000

Before Goodwin, Schroeder and Pregerson, JJ.

[23 ELR 20020]

Per curiam

Appellants' unopposed motion for summary reversal of these consolidated appeals based on Robertson v. Seattle Audubon Society, 60 U.S.L.W. 4273 (U.S. Mar. 25, 1992) is granted. The December 18, 1990 and May 28, 1991 judgments of the district court are reversed. We remand with instructions to the district court to vacate the injunctions against the 16 fiscal year 1990 timber sales found to be violative of the National Forest Management Act.


23 ELR 20020 | Environmental Law Reporter | copyright © 1993 | All rights reserved