Opinion ID: 736846
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Heading: The Government's Cross-Claims in the Western District of Washington Litigation

Text: 9 NFRC's presence as a defendant-intervenor in the ongoing 1992 Seattle Audubon Society case in the Western District of Washington enabled the Government to file cross-claims against NFRC asking Judge Dwyer to enter a declaratory judgment ruling on all 11 of the original claims in NFRC v. Dombeck in [323 U.S.App.D.C. 267] the District of Columbia, as well as on the claims in the dismissed NFRC v. Thomas case. Judge Dwyer permitted the cross-claims against NFRC. See Seattle Audubon Soc'y v. Lyons, 871 F.Supp. 1286, 1290 (W.D.Wash.1994). But, he denied the Government's motion to join the other plaintiffs in the Dombeck and Thomas suits. See id. at 1290-91. In December 1994, Judge Dwyer issued a declaratory judgment against NFRC on 9 of the original 11 claims in NFRC v. Dombeck, declaring the Plan valid as against those claims. See Seattle Audubon Soc'y v. Lyons, 871 F.Supp. at 1325. At the Government's request, he declined to rule on the other two original pending claims in this case. 10