Legal Opinion
Conservation Force v. Kenneth Salazar
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 16, 2012No. 10-5432PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is from the denial of a motion for attorneys fees and costs under the citizen-suit provision of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1540(g)(4). Conservation Force and others (“appellants”) sued the Secretary of Interior and the Fish and Wildlife Service (together “FWS”), pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 1540(g). They alleged violations of the ESA by refusing to process applications for permits to import as hunting trophies Canadian wood bison, a listed species, for nearly nine years. The FWS denied the permits…
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