Legal Opinion
Water Keeper Alliance v. United States Department of Defense
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 13, 2001No. 01-2057PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants, Water Keeper Alliance et al. (“Water Keeper”), appeal the denial of their motion for preliminary injunction to stay Department of Navy (the “Navy,” one of several defendants-appel-lees) military exercises on the island of Vieques off Puerto Rico. Water Keeper alleges violations by the Navy of certain procedural requirements under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1536. The district court found that Water Keeper had failed to show a strong likelihood of success on its ESA theory, that its showing of-potential…
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