CASTLEWOOD PRODUCTS v. NORTON

No. C.A. NO. 02-1457 (TPJ).

264 F.Supp.2d 9 (2002)

CASTLEWOOD PRODUCTS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Gale A. NORTON, in her official capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Taylor Banks, Patrick D. Traylor, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Castlewood Products, L.L.C, Interforest Corp., M. Bohlke Veneer Corp., Marwood Inc., United Veneer L.L.C, Veneer Technologies, Aljoma Lumber Inc, plaintiffs.

Serrin Turner, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Arthur Robert Goldberg, U.S. Department of Justice, Carole Annette Jeandheur, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, for Gale A. Norton, In her official capacity as Secretary of U.S. Department of Interior, Department of Interior, Steven A. Williams, In his official capacity as Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Ann M. Veneman, In her official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Craig A. Reed, In his official capacity as Administrator of the United States Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States of America, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, federal defendants.

William John Snape, III, William Carroll Muffett, Karena Crocker Anderson, Washington, DC, for Defenders of Wildlife, Greenpeace, Inc., Natural Resources Defense. Center for International Environment Law.

James Bryan Dougherty, Washington, DC, for National Wildlife Federation.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JACKSON, District Judge.

Since July, 1975, the importation of certain species of endangered flora and fauna into the Unites States from abroad has been governed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ("CITES" or the "Convention"), March 3, 1973, 27 U.S.T. 1087, and the implementing statute, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544 (the "ESA"). One such species of flora is the...

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