PROGRESSIVE ANIMAL WELFARE SOC. v. DEPT. OF NAVY

No. C89-498C.

725 F.Supp. 475 (1989)

PROGRESSIVE ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DEPARTMENT OF the NAVY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington, at Seattle.

November 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Thomas Costo, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs.

Robert Maxwell Taylor, U.S. Attys. Office, Seattle, Wash., and Kenton W. Fulton, Dept. of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., for defendants.


ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS

COUGHENOUR, District Judge.

I. Background

A. The Complaint

The Progressive Animal Welfare Shelter ("PAWS") and fourteen other environmental and animal rights groups brought this action for a preliminary injunction against the Navy's plan to "deploy" Atlantic bottle-nose dolphins at the Bangor submarine base. They allege that the defendants violated the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA"), 42 U.S.C. &...

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