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iii B. The Forest Service’s Failure to Maintain Presently Existing Wilderness Character and Wilderness Potential, Which Has Led Directly to Irreparable Harm, Is Final . . . . . . . . . . .23 C. Granting Injunctive Relief under §706(1) Would Not Intrude upon the Agency’s Management Discretion . . . . . . . . . . 26 CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
iv TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Cases Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner, 387 U.S. 136 (1967) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 24 Bennett v. Spear, 520 U.S. 154 (1997) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 24 Brock v. Pierce County, 476 U.S. 253 (1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Cobell v. Norton, 240 F.3d 1081 (D.C. Cir. 2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation, 497 U.S. 871 (1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 26-28 Montana Wilderness Association, Inc. v. U.S. Forest Service, 146 F. Supp. 2d 1118 (D. Mont. 2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, 16-19, 25-27 Montana Wilderness Association, Inc. v. U.S. Forest Service, 314 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-20 ONRC Action v. Bureau of Land Management, 150 F.3d 1132 (9th Cir. 1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Shaughnessy v. Pedreiro, 349 U.S. 48 (1955) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Sierra Club v. Thomas, 828 F.2d 783 (D.C. Cir. 1987) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 25
Page 1 and 2: No. 03-101 IN THE Supreme Court of
Page 3: ii TABLE OF CONTENTS QUESTION PRESE
Page 7 and 8: vi Pub. L. No. 98-140, 97 Stat. 901
Page 9 and 10: 2 challenge an agency’s failure t
Page 11 and 12: 4 Congress further directed that th
Page 13 and 14: 6 are indigenous to the natural str
Page 15 and 16: 8 some WSAs (uses that would be pro
Page 17 and 18: 10 Increased ORV use since 1977 has
Page 19 and 20: 12 National Park. Id. Exh. 2M. The
Page 21 and 22: 14 filed, the Forest Service has no
Page 23 and 24: 16 Forest Service refused to analyz
Page 25 and 26: 18 land’s potential for designati
Page 27 and 28: 20 summary judgment was inappropria
Page 29 and 30: 22 Montana Wilderness Study Act, Co
Page 31 and 32: 24 The finality requirement in §70
Page 33 and 34: 26 wilderness character that existe
Page 35 and 36: 28 the Court was concerned that lit
Page 37: 30 CONCLUSION For the foregoing rea

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