ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20062
No(s). 09-35200 (9th Cir. Jan 19, 2011)

The Ninth Circuit abandoned the "federal defendant" rule, which categorically prohibits private parties and state and local governments from intervening of right on the merits of NEPA claims. The case arose out of the U.S. Forest Service's adoption of a travel plan that designated 1,196 mile...