ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND v. VENEMAN

No. 04-15788.

469 F.3d 826 (2006)

ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND; Animal Welfare Institute; Valerie Buchanan; Jane Garrison; Nancy Megna, Plaintiffs-Appellants, National Association for Biomedical Research, Intervenor-Appellee, v. Ann M. VENEMAN; Bobby R. Acord; Chester A. Gipson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 22, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine A. Meyer, Howard M. Crystal, Meyer, Glitzenstein & Crystal, Washington, D.C.; Bruce A. Wagman, Morgenstein & Jubelirer, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert A. Long, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for the intervenor-appellee.

John S. Koppel, Michael Jay Singer, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees.

Before KOZINSKI and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and H. RUSSEL HOLLAND, District Judge.


WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, who include the Animal Legal Defense Fund ("ALDF"), the Animal Welfare Institute ("AWI"), and three individuals, challenge the United States Department of Agriculture's ("USDA") decision not to adopt a Draft Policy that would have provided guidance to zoos, research facilities, and other regulated entities in how to ensure the psychological well-being of nonhuman primates in...

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