Legal Opinion
Fund for Animals v. Hall
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 13, 2011No. 1:03-mc-00677PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
[Resolving Doc. Nos. 109, 111, 113]
JAMES S. GWIN, District Judge:
In 2006, District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina found that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321 et seq., when it failed to consider the cumulative impact of the 1997 to 2005 opening and expansion of hunting on sixty National Wildlife Refuges. 1 In response, the Fish and Wildlife Service instructed each affected refuge to step back in time, conduct a cumulative impact analysis, and reconsider its earlier decision to authorize hunting.
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