ELR Citation: ELR 20107
No(s). 04-30316 (9th Cir. May 26, 2005)

The Ninth Circuit affirmed individuals' convictions for stringing ropes above a proposed logging and emergency medical helicopter landing site during a tree-sitting protest in the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana. Despite the individuals' argument to the contrary, 18 U.S.C. §1864(a), which...