Legal Opinion
Defenders of Wildlife v. Babbitt
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 27, 1997No. Civ.A. 96-160 GKPublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KESSLER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs are conservation organizations challenging a final decision by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) refusing to issue a proposed rule listing the contiguous United States population of the Canada Lynx as an endangered or a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1531 ef seq. Plaintiffs allege that the decision by the FWS that listing the Lynx as endangered or threatened was “not warranted” was “arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law,” in…
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