U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2012

Save the Peaks Coalition v. United States Forest Service

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided August 28, 2012 · Wallace, Noonan, Smith

691 F.3d 1151; 2012 WL 3765019; 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18350 (Federal Reporter, Third Series)

Counsel

Howard M. Shanker, The Shanker Law Firm, PLC, Tempe, AZ, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Lane N. McFadden, Esquire, Cynthia S. Huber, Esquire, John Tustin, DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Michael A. Johns, USPX — Office of the U.S. Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendants-Appellees., John J. Egbert, Paul G. Johnson, Esquire, Michael J. O’Connor, Jennings Strouss & Salmon, PLC, Phoenix, AZ, Dominic Francis Perella, Esquire, Andrew L. Spielman, Esquire, Catherine Emily Stetson, Esquire, Hogan Lovells US, LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Defendants-Appellee.

Opinion

FILED FOR PUBLICATION AUG 28 2012 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

THE SAVE THE PEAKS COALITION; No. 10-17896 KRISTIN HUISINGA; CLAYSON BENALLY; SYLVAN GREY; DON D.C. No. 3:09-cv-08163-MHM FANNING; JENEDA BENALLY; District of Arizona, FREDERICA HALL; BERTA Phoenix BENALLY; RACHEL TSO; LISA TSO, Plaintiffs - Appellants, ORDER v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE; JOSEPH P. STRINGER, Acting Forest Supervisor for the Coconino National Forest, Defendants - Appellees, ARIZONA SNOWBOWL RESORT LP, Intervenor-Defendant - Appellee.

Before: WALLACE, NOONAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Our order filed on June 21, 2012 (ECF No. 77) is hereby amended. All portions of the order, except the portion denying Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee Arizona Snowbowl Resort Limited Partnership's (Snowbowl) motion for attorney's fees, are withdrawn, Snowbowl's motion for costs is denied, and our referral of the order to the Appellate Commissioner is withdrawn.

In light of these amendments, Attorney Plaintiffs'/Appellants Save the Peaµs Coalition's July 5, 2012 Petition for Rehearing En Banc is denied, as moot.

FILED AUG 28 2012 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

THE SAVE THE PEAKS COALITION No.10-17896

WALLACE, Circuit Judge, dissenting: I respectfully dissent. I would impose sanctions on Shanµer for 'grossly abus[ing] the judicial process by strategically holding bacµ claims that could have, and should have, been asserted in the first lawsuit (and would have been decided earlier but for counsel's procedural errors in raising those claims).' Save the Peaµs Coal. v. U.S. Forest Serv., 669 F.3d 1025, 1028 (9th Cir. 2012).

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