U.S. v. CHARETTE

No. 17-30059.

893 F.3d 1169 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brian F. CHARETTE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 26, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Rhodes (argued), Assistant Federal Defender; Anthony R. Gallagher , Federal Defender; Federal Defenders of Montana, Missoula, Montana; for Defendant-Appellant.

Leif M. Johnson (argued), First Assistant United States Attorney; W. Adam Duerk , Assistant United States Attorney; Kurt G. Alme , United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Billings, Montana; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: Richard C. Tallman, N. Randy Smith, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

We revisit the irreconcilable tension in the West between protection of threatened species and their interactions with humans and livestock. On May 11, 2014, Brian Charette killed a protected grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) that was harassing his horses in a pasture behind his rural home near...

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