ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND v. SPECIAL MEMORIES ZOO

No. 21-3057.

42 F.4th 700 (2022)

ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SPECIAL MEMORIES ZOO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 1, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ariel Flint , Attorney, Animal Legal Defense Fund, New York, NY, Daniel Waltz , Attorney, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Washington, DC, Anthony T. Eliseuson , Attorney, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Chicago, IL, Michael T. Kirkpatrick , Adina Hyman Rosenbaum , Attorneys, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Andrew C. Micheletti , Attorney, Sitzmann Law Firm Ltd., Appleton, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Jason T. Morgan , Attorney, Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae Cavalry Group.

Before Hamilton, Kirsch, and Jackson-Akiwumi, Circuit Judges.


The sole issue in this appeal is whether the district court erroneously denied fees and costs to the Animal Legal Defense Fund after it obtained a default judgment on its claim under the Endangered Species Act. ALDF sued Special Memories Zoo and its owners and manager under the Act's citizen-suit provision, see...

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