ELR Citation: ELR 20206
No(s). s. 04-35053, 035056 (9th Cir. Oct 12, 2005)

The court holds that the U.S. Forest Service violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in placing conditions on owners' access to their patented mining claims within the Kootenai National Forest in Montana. The owners claimed that the Forest Service violated the APA and the Quiet Title Act whe...