Legal Opinion
National Wildlife Federation v. Norton
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 20, 2004No. CIV.A. 03-1393(JR)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ROBERTSON, District Judge.
Three conservation groups, the National Wildlife Federation, the Florida Wildlife Federation, and the Florida Panther Society, challenge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) issuance to Florida Rock Industries of a Clean Water Act “dredge and fill” permit for the operation of a limestone mine on a 6000 acre site near Ft. Myers, Florida. Plaintiffs assert that mining operations on that site will unacceptably reduce the habitat of the endangered Florida panther. They have sued the Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), which…
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