Fund for Animals v. Babbitt

RULING ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (paper B9)

MURTHA, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs, which include several individuals and environmental groups, have brought this action to challenge the federal government’s alleged failure to evaluate the environmental consequences of Vermont’s recently instituted annual moose hunts, as allegedly required by the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq. (hereinafter “NEPA”). This dispute is before this Court on remand after the Second Circuit’s reversal of Judge Billings’ dismissal of the action as moot. See generally Fund…