ELR Citation: ELR 20588
No(s). C-1368 (D. Colo. Dec 24, 1969)

Plaintiffs, Colorado property owners, a guide, various conservation groups, a town and a magazine, have standing to challenge a timber sale in the White River National Forest within the Multiple Use-Sustained Yield Act and the Wilderness Act. The suit is not barred by sovereign immunity, because plaintiffs allege that the federal officials who sold the timber acted without authority. Jurisdiction to review exists because although the administrator's decision to sell timber is discretionary, consideration must be given to the relative values of the resources affected. A failure to do so would constitute an abuse of discretion under the Administrative Procedure Act.

Counsel for Plaintiffs:
H. Anthony Ruckel
330 Majestic Building
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 892-1144

Richard D. Lamm
Tom W. Lamm
555 Petroleum Club Building
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 534-6218

William A. Hillhouse II
1200 American National Bank Building
Denver, CO 80202

Roger P. Hansen
5850 East Jewell Avenue
Denver, CO
(303) 757-5439

James R. Wade
1700 Western Federal Building
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 825-5111

Lawrence B. Robinson
Colorado Building
Boulder, CO 80302
(303) 443-3992

Donald M. Carmichael
Associate Professor of Law
Niversity of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80302
(303) 443-1221 ext. 8082

Attorneys by Special Appearance for Plaintiff Colorado Magazine, Inc.:
David Pantle
Dowson, Nagel, Sherman & Howard
1900 First National Bank Building
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 266-3401

Counsel for Federal Defendants:
James L. Treece United States Attorney
James L. Richards Assistant United States Attorney
323 United States Courthouse
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 781-7183

Nelson H. Grubbe
Department of Justice
Land & Natural Resources Division
Washington, DC 20530
(202) 737-8200

Counsel for Defendant Kaibab Industries
Peter H. Holme Jr.
Donald C. McKinlay
Holme, Roberts & Owen
1700 Broadway
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 377-8373

Thomas J. Trimble
Jennings, Strouss, Salmon & Trask
111 West Monroe
Phoenix, AZ 85003
(602) 258-7011

Counsel for Intervenor Western Wood Products Association
John H. Trippit
1704 Security Life Building
1616 Glenarm Place
Denver, CO 80202

James P. Rogers
Davies, Biggs, Stayer, Stoel & Boley
1410 Yeon Building
Portland, OR 97204
(503) 228-8545