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UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

STATE OF OREGON, acting by and through its

State Forester, and KLAMATH FOREST PRO-

TECTIVE ASSOCIATION, an Oregon nonprofit

corporation,

Appellants.

vs.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Appellee.

Appeal From the United States District Court

for the District of Oregon

APPELLANTS' BRIEF

ROBERT Y. THORNTON

Attorney General of the

State of Oregon

THOMAS C. STACER

Assistant Attorney General

CLARENCE R. KRUGER

Assistant Attorney General

2600 State Street

Salem, Oregon

Attorneys for Appellants

FILED

APR 2 1,52


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