DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, INC. v. ENDANGERED SPECIES, ETC.

Nos. 79-2512, 80-1044, 80-1083 and 80-1084.

659 F.2d 168 (1981)

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, INC., Appellant, v. ENDANGERED SPECIES SCIENTIFIC AUTHORITY, et al. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, INC. v. ENDANGERED SPECIES SCIENTIFIC AUTHORITY, et al. International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (Intervenor-Defendant), Appellant. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, INC. v. ENDANGERED SPECIES SCIENTIFIC AUTHORITY, et al., Raymond J. Driscoll, et al. (Intervenor-Defendant), Appellant. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, INC. v. ENDANGERED SPECIES SCIENTIFIC AUTHORITY, et al., Fur Conservation Institute of America (Intervenor-Defendant), Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1981.

Certiorari Denied November 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brice M. Clagett, Washington, D. C., with whom Ellen Bass, John B. Douglas III, Oscar M. Garibaldi, and Lawrence N. Minch, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for Defenders of Wildlife, Inc., appellant in No. 79-2512 and cross-appellee in Nos. 80-1044, 80-1083, and 80-1084. Jeffrey H. Howard, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for Defenders of Wildlife, Inc.

William A. Hutchins, Washington, D. C., with whom Paul A. Lenzini, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, appellee in Nos. 79-2512, 80-1083, and 80-1084, and cross-appellant in No. 80-1044.

Stephen S. Boynton, Washington, D. C., for Conservation Institute of America, et al., appellee in Nos. 79-2512 and 80-1044, and cross-appellant in Nos. 80-1083 and 80-1084.

Dirk D. Snel, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Angus MacBeth, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., and Edward J. Shawaker, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for the Endangered Species Scientific Authority, et al., appellee. James W. Moorman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for the Endangered Species Scientific Authority, appellee.

Before McGOWAN and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges, and FRIEDMAN, Chief Judge, United States Court of Claims.


Certiorari Denied November 2, 1981. See 102 S.Ct. 503.

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge FRIEDMAN, United States Court of Claims.

FRIEDMAN, Chief Judge:

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