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Southwest Center for Biological Diversity v. Babbitt

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided January 4, 2001No. CIV.A. 99-1471PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FACCIOLA, United States Magistrate Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs (Southwest Center for Biological Diversity, Rio Grande Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Biodiversity Legal Foundation, Carson Forest Watch, Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club, and Southwest Trout) challenge the decision made by the defendants, the Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt, and the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Jamie Rappaport Clark, to deny their petition to list the Rio Grande cutthroat trout (Onco- rhynchus clarki virginalis ) as a threatened or endangered species.…

2Cases cited18 opinions

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  5. James Madison Limited, by Norman F. Hecht, Sr., Assignee v. Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996

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