Legal Opinion
Humane Society of United States v. Watt
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 29, 1982No. Civ. A. 82-2689PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.
In this action, plaintiffs, an individual and two organizations, the Humane Society of the United States and the Maine Audubon Society, challenge the decision of the Department of the Interior, through the Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service), to permit sport hunting of black ducks during the 1982-83 hunting season. The Service issued the hunting regulations in question pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), 16 U.S.C. §§ 703-712, and, as relevant here, the Convention on the Protection of Migratory Birds (the Canadian Treaty),…
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3Cited by13 opinions
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