DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE v. HODEL

No. 3-86 CIV 757.

658 F.Supp. 43 (1987)

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, Friends of Animals and Their Environment, and the Humane Society of the United States, Plaintiffs, v. Donald P. HODEL, as Secretary of the Interior, Defendant.

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

February 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faegre & Benson by Brian B. O'Neill, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiffs.

U.S. Dept. of Justice by Lee M. Kolker, and Donald A. Carr, Washington, D.C., Agency for International Development by Mark Ward, Washington, D.C., and Jerome G. Arnold, U.S. Atty. by Mary E. Carlson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

ALSOP, Chief Judge.

This matter comes before the court on defendant Secretary of the Interior's motion to dismiss. In support of his motion, the Secretary argues that the court lacks jurisdiction because the issues raised by the plaintiffs are not justiciable. Specifically, the Secretary alleges that the plaintiffs' have not alleged the existence of a case or controversy and lack standing to bring this action.

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