William Lazarus, Andrew Christopher Mergen, Esquire, Brian C. Toth, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Elizabeth Olson White, Esquire, Assistant U.S., Daniel Gerard Bogden, Esquire, USRE-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Reno, NV, for Petitioner., Gordon H. De Paoli, Dale E. Ferguson, Esquire, Woodburn and Wedge, Laura Schroeder, Schroeder Law Offices PC, George N. Benesch, Law Office of George N. Benesch, Daniel T. Hayward, Esquire, Laxalt & Nomura Ltd, Debbie Leonard, McDonald Carano Wilson, LLP, Louis S. Test, Esquire, Hoffman, Test & Collier, Michael D. Hoy, Esquire, Hoy Chrissinger Kimmel Pc, Paul J. Anderson, Esquire, Maupin Cox & Legoy, Thomas J. Hall, Esquire, Law Offices of Thomas J. Hall, William E. Peterson, Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P., Thomas P. Erwin, Esquire, Mark Knobel, Richard Harris, Esquire, Reno, NV, Allison R. Schmidt, Esquire, Akerman LLP, Don Springmeyer, Esquire, Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman and Rabkin, LLP, Las Vegas, NV, Brad Michael Johnston, Johnston Law Offices, P.C., John Paul Schlegelmilch, Esquire, Stephen B. Rye, Esquire, Yerington, NV, Thomas Scott Brooke, Charles S. Zumpft, Brooke Shaw Zumpft, George M. Keele, George M. Keele, A P.C., Jay Sullivan, Sullivan Law, Justina Alyce Caviglia, Minden, NV, Walter Bruce Robb, Law Offices of Walter Bruce Robb, Portland, OR, Cheri K. Emm-Smith, Law Offices of Cheri Emm-Smith, LLC, Hawthorne, CA, Gary Digra-zia, Esquire, Giocoechea & Digrazia Ltd, Elko, NV, Horace Wade Green, Esquire, Buchman Provine Brothers Smith LLP, Walnut Creek, CA, Jeffrey Forer, Hinojo-sa & Wallet, Los Angeles, CA, Bryan Stockton, Attorney General, AGNV-Neva-da Office of the Attorney General, Julian C. Smith, Jr., Esquire, Smith & Harmer, Ltd., Karen A. Peterson, Esquire, Allison MacKenzie, John Gavin, Carson City, NV, John W. Howard, JW Howard Attorneys, Ltd., San Diego, CA, Michael F. MacKe-don, Esquire, MacKedon & McCormick, Fallon, NV, Annadel Angeliné Almendras, AGCA-Offiee of the California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, Stacey Simon, Mammoth Lakes, CA, Timothy Wayne Pemberton, Timothy W. Pemberton Law Office, Markleeville, CA, William E. Shaef-fer, Battle Mountain, NV, Simeon Hersko-vits, Advocates for Community and Environment, El Prado, NM, Wes Williams, Jr., Esquire, Law Offices of Wes Williams Jr., P.C., Schurz, NV, for Real Party In Interest.