Welch, et al v. US Air Force, et al

United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
January 31, 2005
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-60288
DAVIS MOUNTAINS TRANS-PECOS HERITAGE
ASSOCIATION, a Texas non-profit corporation,
Petitioner,
versus
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION;
MARION C. BLAKEY, Administrator, FEDERAL
AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; NORMAN Y.
MINETA, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION,
Respondents.
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No. 03-10506
DAVIS MOUNTAINS TRANS-PECOS HERITAGE
ASSOCIATION; DALE TOONE; SUSAN TOONE;
TIM LEARY; REXANN LEARY; EARL BAKER;
SYLVIA BAKER; MARK DAUGHERTY; ANN
DAUGHERTY; DICK R. HOLLAND; J. P. BRYAN;
JACKSON BEN LOVE, JR.; KAARE J. REEME,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,

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versus
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE; JAMES G. ROCHE;
Secretary United States Sir Force; UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; DONALD H. RUMSFIELD,
Secretary of Defense,
Defendants-Appellees.
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No. 03-10528
BUSTER WELCH; JOHN F. OUDT; LESA OUDT;
JOHN DIRK OUDT; CINDY ANN SPIRES, ET AL,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
versus
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE; F. WHITTEN
PETERS, Secretary of the United States Air Force;
WENDELL L. GRIFFIN, Colonel, Commander,
7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Holloman Air Force Base;
CURTIS M. BEDKE, Brigadier General, Commander,
2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base; UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; DONALD H.
RUMSFIELD, SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE,
Defendants-Appellees.
Petitions for Review of an Order

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*Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion
should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances
set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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of the Federal Aviation Administration
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ON PETITIONS FOR REHEARING
Before REAVLEY, JONES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
The petition for rehearing of The Air force is granted to this extent: The
operation of the Realistic Bomber Training Initiative may continue pending outcome
of the supplemental environmental impact statement under conditions of operation
set by the district court. The case is remanded to that court for that purpose.
The petitions for rehearing are otherwise denied.

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