BLOCK, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, ET AL.
v.
NORTH SIDE LUMBER CO. ET AL.
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The Secretary of Agriculture sought to vacate a stay that prevented enforcement of timber harvesting contracts in national forests after the Court of Appeals vacated a preliminary injunction barring their enforcement under the Tucker Act. Justice Rehnquist denied the application, finding that the lower courts' factual determinations regarding the balance of equities favored the lumber company and that the Secretary had presented no sufficient basis to overturn those findings.
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Justice Rehnquist, Circuit Justice.
The United States District Court for the District of Oregon preliminarily enjoined applicant John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture, from enforcing contracts between him and respondent lumber company. These contracts required the latter to harvest timber in national forests. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated the injunction holding that the Tucker Act, 28 U. S. C. §§ 1346 and 1491, impliedly barred the grant of such relief. The Court of Appeals stayed the issuance of this mandate for 30 days so that respondents might petition this Court for certiorari. The Secretary requests that I vacate that stay because of the prospect of continuing deterioration of abandoned timber on the ground. Respondents dispute this factual claim.
The District Court held that the “equity” favored respondents, and the Court of Appeals by staying issuance of the mandate even after vacating the injunction, must have agreed with the District Court on this point. The Secretary has furnished me no basis for disturbing their conclusion in this highly factual issue. The application is accordingly denied.
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