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SPIRIT OF SAGE COUNCIL v. NORTON

No. CIV.A. 98-1873 (EGS).

294 F.Supp.2d 67 (2003)

SPIRIT OF THE SAGE COUNCIL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Gale NORTON, Secretary, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 11, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Robert Glitzenstein, Katherine Anne Meyer, Howard Mesnikoff Crystal, Meyer & Glitzenstein, Donald Christian Baur, Perkins Coie, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs/Counter Defendants.

Charles C. Carson, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, McLean, VA, Charles Ray Shockey, U.S. Department of Justice, Sacramento, CA, Keith William Rizzardi, Eileen Sobeck, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Robert D. Thornton, Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, L.L.P., Irvine, CA, Michael Mantell, Lee Axelrad, Resources Law Group, L.L.P., Daniel J. O'Hanlan, Beveridge & Diamond, L.L.P., Sacramento, CA, Benjamin S. Sharp, Perkins Coie, LLP, J. Michael Klise, Steven P. Quarles, Thomas Richard Lundquist, Crowell & Moring, L.L.P., Gary John Smith, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington, DC, for Intervenor Defendants.

John F. Kostyack, Kimberly Walley Delfino, National Wildlife Federation, Washington, DC, for Amicus.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SULLIVAN, District Judge.

This action challenges the validity of two administrative regulations promulgated by the Department of the Interior ("DOI"), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS"), the Department of Commerce ("DOC"), and the National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") (collectively, "the Services"): the so-called "No Surprises Rule," 63 Fed.Reg. 8,859 (Feb. 23, 1998) (codified at 50 C.F.R. §§ 17...

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