Legal Opinion
National Ass'n of Home Builders v. Norton
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 24, 2003No. CIV.A.00-2155(JDB)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BATES, District Judge.
This case involves the recurrent theme of the tension between the interests of landowners and those of an endangered species — here a small butterfly found only in a few areas of southern California. In this thirtieth year of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq., through which wildlife and their habitat were given the means to contest property and development interests, the Court is asked to curtail the use of certain survey methodologies prescribed by the federal government to determine the presence of the butterfly. The case is…
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