Legal Opinion
State of Wyoming v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 7, 2002No. 99-8089PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
Once again a federal court is called upon to unravel a congressionally-legislated Federal-State standoff. The National Elk Refuge (NER), a part of the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS), encompasses approximately 24,700 acres of wilderness north of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in the greater Yellowstone area. 1 Brucel-losis, a serious disease that causes miscarriage, is endemic to free-ranging elk in the greater Yellowstone area and a threat to Wyoming’s domestic cattle industry. Plaintiff State of Wyoming and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), a division…
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