OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE COMMUNITY CELEBRATES ABANDONMENT OF “FEDERAL DEFENDANT” RULE

Motorcycle Industry Council and Specialty Vehicle Institute of America Lead Briefing and Argument that Resulted in Court’s Reversal of PrecedentIRVINE, Calif. Jan. 17, 2011 – In a move sure to have far-reaching effects on the way federal lands are used in the future, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a long-standing rule that prevented non-federal interests, such as rider groups, from intervening in environmental disputes in the Western States. In support of the recreation group parties in the case, the Motorcycle Industry Council  (MIC) and the