Oregon Trollers Ass'n v. Gutierrez
452 F.3d 1104 (9th Cir. 2006)
Fishermen, fishermen's organizations, and fishing-related businesses (Oregon Trollers) sued the National Marine Fisheries Association (NMFS) and other government entities challenging 2005 management measures that substantially limited commercial and recreational salmon fishing in the Klamath Management Zone--an area located off the... {Continue reading}

Skranak v. Castaneda
425 F.3d 1213 (9th Cir. 2005)
The Ninth Circuit consolidated two appeals of unconditional use permit denials to owners of patented mining claims within Kootenai National Forest (KNF). The issue before the Ninth Circuit was whether the owners were properly denied access by the United States... {Continue reading}