Legal Opinion

Defenders of Wildlife v. Kempthorne

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided March 5, 2008No. Civil Action 06-00180 (HHK)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HENRY H. KENNEDY, Jr., District Judge.

In this suit, plaintiffs, Defenders of Wildlife and others (“Defenders”), claim that the 2004 decision of defendant United States Fish & Wildlife Service (“Wildlife Service”), in which the Wildlife Service reexamined regulatory mechanisms in relation to a 1998 decision not to list the Florida black bear (“black bear”) under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq., violated the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. §§ 551 et seq. and this court’s December 13, 2001 memorandum opinion and order in Defenders of…

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