Legal Opinion
Conservation Congress v. United States Forest Service
District Court, E.D. California
Decided February 17, 2017No. 2:13-cv-01977-JAM-DBPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER RE PLAINTIFF’S MOTION AND DEFENDANTS’ CROSS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
JOHN A. MENDEZ, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
And yesterday the bird of night did sit Even at noon-day upon the marketplace Hooting and shrieking.
—William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, act 1, sc. 2.
This litigation concerns the continuing viability of the revered Northern spotted owl (“NSO”) and whether it may soon portend its own demise at the hands of its protector, the federal government. The United States Forest Service (“USFS”) plans to execute the Smokey Project (“Project”), a proposal to administer fuel and…
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