Legal Opinion
Friends of Animals v. Sparks
District Court, D. Montana
Decided July 29, 2016No. CV 15-59-BLG-SPWPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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SUSAN P. WATTERS, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs Friends of Animals (“FOA”) filed this action on June 26, 2015, to stop a planned round-up of wild horses scheduled for August 3, 2015, at the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range (“the Horse Range”). FOA argued that the planned gather violated the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (“Wild Horse Act”), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1331 et seq., and the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4331 et seq.
Given the impending gather, FOA moved for preliminary injunctive relief on July 10, 2015. (Doc. 11). Following briefing and a…
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