AMERICAN WILDLANDS v. KEMPTHORNE

Civil Action No. 05-1043 (EGS).

478 F.Supp.2d 92 (2007)

AMERICAN WILDLANDS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Dirk KEMPTHORNE, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas L. Honnold, Earthjustice, Bozeman, MT, for Plaintiffs.

Michael Richard Eitel, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

SULLIVAN, District Judge.

In 2000, several environmental groups brought suit to challenge the finding of the Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS" or "the Service") that listing of the westslope cutthroat trout ("WCT") as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act ("ESA") was not warranted. The Court granted plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment, concluding that the Service's decision was arbitrary and capricious. The...

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