Legal Opinion
American Rivers v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 12, 2003No. CIV. 03-241(GK)PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KESSLER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, a number of national and local environmental organizations, 1 brought suit against the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”), the Secretary of the Army, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”), and the Secretary of the Interior (collectively, “Defendants” or “Federal Defendants”), 2 seeking to protect the endangered least tern, the endangered pallid sturgeon, and the threatened Great Plains piping plover, all of which are protected by the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531, et seq. Plaintiffs allege…
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