SOUTHWEST CENTER v. BABBITT

Civil Action No. 95-02138 (SS).

939 F.Supp. 49 (1996)

SOUTHWEST CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Bruce BABBITT, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine Anne Meyer, Kimberley Kerry Walley, Meyer & Glitzenstein, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Teri Ronelle Thomsen, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, Edward A. Boling, Department of Justice, Environmental Division, Washington, DC, for defendants.

Philip Anthony Nacke, Hopkins & Sutter, Washington, DC, for amicus Ketchikan Pulp Company.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

SPORKIN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on parties cross-motions for summary judgment.1 Plaintiffs claim that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) should have found "warranted" plaintiffs' petition to list as threatened or endangered the Queen Charlotte goshawk, a bird found in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. Plaintiffs contend that the FWS's decision to find such...

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