Legal Opinion
Center for Biological Diversity v. Hagel
District Court, N.D. California
Decided February 13, 2015No. C-03-4350 EMCPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
(Docket No. 163)
EDWARD M. CHEN, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs are three Japanese individuals and four environmental groups that are challenging a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)1 decision, made jointly with the Government of Japan, to construct a new *994military base on Okinawa. According to Plaintiffs, construction of two aircraft runways on landfill in Henoko Bay will destroy critical feeding grounds and habitat for the Okinawa dugong, a species of marine mammal similar to a manatee. It is undisputed that the Okinawa dugong is…
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