Legal Opinion
Flathead-Lolo-Bitterroot Citizen Task Force v. State of Montana
District Court, D. Montana
Decided November 21, 2023No. 9:23-cv-00101Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA MISSOULA DIVISION FLATHEAD-LOLO-BITTERROOT CV 23-101-M—DWM CITIZEN TASK FORCE and WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, Plaintiffs, ORDER vs. STATE OF MONTANA, LESLEY ROBINSON, and GREG GIANFORTE, Defendants. This case challenges regulations approved by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission (“Commission”) on August 17, 2023, which authorize wolf trapping and snaring within occupied grizzly bear habitat in Montana. Plaintiffs are environmental organizations that argue the regulations are reasonably certain to cause trapping and snaring of…
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- Strahan v. CoxeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018
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