Publication Date: 2012-08-09
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Date Filed: 2012-08-09
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, William A. Fletcher, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victoria Clark, Brook Brisson, Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, for petitioners Native Village of Point Hope IRA Council, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, and Northern Alaska Environmental Center.
Brent Newell (argued), Sofia Parino, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, San Francisco, California, for petitioner Native Village of Kivalina IRA Council.
for defendant: Ignacia S. Moreno, Paul Cirino (argued), Kimberly A. Owens, Pooja S. Parikh, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the respondents.
Jeffrey W. Leppo (argued), Jason T. Morgan, Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, Washington, for intervenor NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.
Eric B. Fjelstad, James N. Leik (argued), Perkins Coie LLP, Anchorage, Alaska, for intervenor Teck Alaska Incorporated.
Case Number: No. 11-70776
Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9054
NATIVE VILLAGE OF KIVALINA IRA COUNCIL; NATIVE VILLAGE OF POINT HOPE IRA COUNCIL; ALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICS; NORTHERN ALA