Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Donald P. Hodel, and Alaska Miners Association, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants

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• holding that miners who had submitted mining plans to National Park Ser- vice were not necessary parties to an action to enjoin mining in parks until environmental impact statements were pre- pared
• holding that miners who had submitted mining plans to National Park Ser- vice were not necessary parties to an action to enjoin mining in parks until environmental impact statements were pre- pared
• finding that the parties at interest do not have a claimed interest under Rule 19(a)(2) 18 because the parties “do not possess the requisite legally protected interest in the subject 19 matter”
• “If the interest requirement is not 23 satisfied [under Rule 19(a)(2)], [the Court] need not reach the factors in clauses 2(i) and (ii).”
• more than pecuniary harm must be shown to outweigh environmental harm

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