DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE v. ADMINISTRATOR, E.P.A.

Nos. 88-5242, 88-5243.

882 F.2d 1294 (1989)

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE; the Sierra Club; and Friends of Animals and Their Environment, Appellees, v. ADMINISTRATOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; and Secretary, Department of the Interior, Appellants, and American Farm Bureau Federation, a nonprofit corporation, Intervenor-Defendant Below. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE; the Sierra Club; and Friends of Animals and Their Environment, Appellees, v. ADMINISTRATOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; and Secretary, Department of the Interior, and American Farm Bureau Federation, a nonprofit corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey Jarpe, St. Paul, Minn., for American Farm Bureau.

Kathleen Dewey, Washington, D.C., for the Government.

Brian O'Neill, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, FAGG, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Several environmental interest groups sued the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Secretary of Interior (Secretary) to prohibit the above-ground use of pesticides containing strychnine. American Farm Bureau Federation (Farm Bureau), representing farmers and ranchers who use these pesticides, intervened as a defendant. The district court entered partial summary judgment against the defendants, see Defenders of...

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