SIERRA CLUB v. CLARK

Civ. Nos. 5-83-254, 5-78-66.

607 F.Supp. 737 (1985)

SIERRA CLUB and Defenders of Wildlife, Plaintiffs, v. William P. CLARK as Secretary of the Interior, and The Department of Interior, Defendants. The FUND FOR ANIMALS, INC., Friends of Animals and Their Environment, Wild Canid Research and Survival Center, Wildlife Education Program for a Living Future, North American Wildlife Park Foundation, Inc., Sierra Club, Help Our Wolves Live, Inc., International Fund for Animal Welfare, Defenders of Wildlife, Animal Welfare Institute, Humane Society of the United States, Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness, International Ecology Society, Animal Rights Coalition, and National Audubon Society, Plaintiffs, v. William P. CLARK as Secretary of the Interior, G. Ray Arnett as Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Robert A. Jantzen as Director, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Harvey K. Nelson as Regional Director, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, The Department of Interior and The United States of America, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fifth Division.

May 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian B. O'Neill and Amy B. Bromberg, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiffs.

James M. Rosenbaum, U.S. Atty. by Jon M. Hopeman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for defendants.


CONSENT DECREE AND ORDER FOR JUDGMENT

MILES W. LORD, Chief Judge.

On January 5, 1984, this court granted plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment, thereby preventing the implementation of new government regulations allowing a sport season on the Minnesota gray wolf. In addition, the court blocked the implementation of new federal regulations published August 10, 1983, 48 Fed.Reg. 36256, expanding the current livestock depredation control program. Sierra...

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