Legal Opinion
Biodiversity Legal Foundation v. Norton
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 30, 2003No. CIV.A.00-3030(RMC)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COLLYER, District Judge.
This lawsuit, brought under the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq. (“ESA”), and the unreasonable delay provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 555(b), 706(1) (“APA”), puts the Secretary of the Interior, Gale Norton, between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Three individuals and two environmental groups, led by Biodiversity Legal Foundation (collectively, “Foundation”), complain that the United States Department of Interior (“DOI”) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (collectively, “FWS” or “Service”)…
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