Legal Opinion
Friends of Animals v. Ashe
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 24, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2015-0653PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
AMY BERMAN JACKSON, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs Friends of Animals and the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force have brought this action against federal defendants Daniel Ashe, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS” or “the Service”), and Sally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior. They challenge the decision by the Service to issue permits authorizing two American hunters to import the trophies they garnered in legal hunts of black rhinoceros in Namibia. Plaintiffs contend that the issuance of the permits violated the Administrative Procedure Act,…
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