Home/Case Law/Ninth Circuit/MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION, INC. FRIENDS OF THE BITTERROOT, INC. AMERICAN WILDLANDS, INC. v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, AN AGENCY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DAN GLICKMAN, SECRETARY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAL SALWASSER, REGIONAL FORESTER FOR REGION ONE, U.S. FOREST SERVICE JACK WARD THOMAS, CHIEF, U.S. FOREST SERVICE, MIDDLEFORK PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR, AND BLUE RIBBON COALITION, INC. MONTANA SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION MONTANA 4×4 ASSOCIATION HIGH COUNTY TRAIL RIDERS ASSOCIATION MONTANA TRAIL VEHICLE RIDERS ASSOCIATION RIMROCK 4×4, INC. MONTANA HIGH COUNTRY TOURS BITTERROOT ADVENTURES SNEED'S CYCLE AND SLED, DEFENDANTS-INTERVENORS-APPELLANTS. MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION, INC. FRIENDS OF THE BITTERROOT, INC. AMERICAN WILDLANDS, INC. v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, AN AGENCY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DAN GLICKMAN, SECRETARY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAL SALWASSER, REGIONAL FORESTER FOR REGION ONE, U.S. FOREST SERVICE JACK WARD THOMAS, CHIEF, U.S. FOREST SERVICE, AND BLUE RIBBON COALITION, INC. MONTANA SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION MONTANA 4×4 ASSOCIATION HIGH COUNTY TRAIL RIDERS ASSOCIATION MONTANA TRAIL VEHICLE RIDERS ASSOCIATION RIMROCK 4×4, INC. MONTANA HIGH COUNTRY TOURS BITTERROOT ADVENTURES SNEED'S CYCLE AND SLED MIDDLEFORK PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, DEFENDANTS-INTERVENORS
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No. 787082
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION, INC. FRIENDS OF THE BITTERROOT, INC. AMERICAN WILDLANDS, INC. v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, AN AGENCY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DAN GLICKMAN, SECRETARY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAL SALWASSER, REGIONAL FORESTER FOR REGION ONE, U.S. FOREST SERVICE JACK WARD THOMAS, CHIEF, U.S. FOREST SERVICE, MIDDLEFORK PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR, AND BLUE RIBBON COALITION, INC. MONTANA SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION MONTANA 4×4 ASSOCIATION HIGH COUNTY TRAIL RIDERS ASSOCIATION MONTANA TRAIL VEHICLE RIDERS ASSOCIATION RIMROCK 4×4, INC. MONTANA HIGH COUNTRY TOURS BITTERROOT ADVENTURES SNEED'S CYCLE AND SLED, DEFENDANTS-INTERVENORS-APPELLANTS. MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION, INC. FRIENDS OF THE BITTERROOT, INC. AMERICAN WILDLANDS, INC. v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, AN AGENCY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DAN GLICKMAN, SECRETARY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAL SALWASSER, REGIONAL FORESTER FOR REGION ONE, U.S. FOREST SERVICE JACK WARD THOMAS, CHIEF, U.S. FOREST SERVICE, AND BLUE RIBBON COALITION, INC. MONTANA SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION MONTANA 4×4 ASSOCIATION HIGH COUNTY TRAIL RIDERS ASSOCIATION MONTANA TRAIL VEHICLE RIDERS ASSOCIATION RIMROCK 4×4, INC. MONTANA HIGH COUNTRY TOURS BITTERROOT ADVENTURES SNEED'S CYCLE AND SLED MIDDLEFORK PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, DEFENDANTS-INTERVENORS
No. 787082 · Decided July 26, 2004
No. 787082·Ninth Circuit · 2004·
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided
July 26, 2004
Citation
No. 787082
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MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION, INC. FRIENDS OF THE BITTERROOT, INC. AMERICAN WILDLANDS, INC. v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, AN AGENCY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DAN GLICKMAN, SECRETARY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAL SALWASSER, REGIONAL FORESTER FOR REGION ONE, U.S. FOREST SERVICE JACK WARD THOMAS, CHIEF, U.S. FOREST SERVICE, MIDDLEFORK PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR, AND BLUE RIBBON COALITION, INC. MONTANA SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION MONTANA 4×4 ASSOCIATION HIGH COUNTY TRAIL RIDERS ASSOCIATION MONTANA TRAIL VEHICLE RIDERS ASSOCIATION RIMROCK 4×4, INC. MONTANA HIGH COUNTRY TOURS BITTERROOT ADVENTURES SNEED'S CYCLE AND SLED, DEFENDANTS-INTERVENORS-APPELLANTS. MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION, INC. FRIENDS OF THE BITTERROOT, INC. AMERICAN WILDLANDS, INC. v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, AN AGENCY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DAN GLICKMAN, SECRETARY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAL SALWASSER, REGIONAL FORESTER FOR REGION ONE, U.S. FOREST SERVICE JACK WARD THOMAS, CHIEF, U.S. FOREST SERVICE, AND BLUE RIBBON COALITION, INC. MONTANA SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION MONTANA 4×4 ASSOCIATION HIGH COUNTY TRAIL RIDERS ASSOCIATION MONTANA TRAIL VEHICLE RIDERS ASSOCIATION RIMROCK 4×4, INC. MONTANA HIGH COUNTRY TOURS BITTERROOT ADVENTURES SNEED'S CYCLE AND SLED MIDDLEFORK PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, DEFENDANTS-INTERVENORS is a decision of the Ninth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
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This case was decided on July 26, 2004.
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