AMERICAN RIVERS v. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

No. CIV. 03-241(GK).

271 F.Supp.2d 230 (2003)

AMERICAN RIVERS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Becker, David John Hayes, Janice M. Schneider, Julia A. Hatcher, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC, for American Rivers, Iowa Wildlife Federation, Izaak Walton League of America, Kansas Wildlife Federation, Montana Wildlife Federation, Nat. Wildlife Federation, Nebraska Wildlife Federation North Dakota Wildlife Federation, South Dakota Wildlife Federation.

Donald G. Blankenau, Thomas R. Wilmoth, Fennemore Craig, P.C., Lincoln, NE, David D. Cookson, Attorney General's Office, Lincoln, NE, Jodi M. Fenner, Neb. Sept. of Justice, Lincoln, NE, for State of Nebraska.

Timothy D. Searchinger, Environment Defense, Washington, DC, for Environmental Defense.

Fred Russell Disheroon, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resource Division, Washington, DC, James A. Maysonett, U.S. Dept. of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Charles M. Carvell, ND Office of Attorney General, Bismarck, ND, for State of North Dakota.

William J. Bryan, James R. Layton, Missouri Attorney General's Office, Jefferson City, MO, for State of Missouri.

Sam Kalen, Van Ness Feldman, P.C., Washington, DC, for Missouri River Energy Services.

Joseph Michael Klise, Kirsten L. Nathanson, Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, DC, for Nebraska Public Power Dist.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

KESSLER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, a number of national and local environmental organizations,1 brought suit against the United States Army Corps of Engineers ("Corps"), the Secretary of the Army, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS"), and the Secretary of the Interior (collectively, "Defendants" or "Federal Defendants"),2 seeking to protect the endangered...

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