DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE v. JEWELL

Case No. 3:13-cv-698-PLR-CCS.

Defenders of Wildlife, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Sally Jewell, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Tennessee, Knoxville Division.

January 28, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Defenders of Wildlife, Plaintiff, represented by Jane Davenport , Defenders of Wildlife, Michael Senatore , Defenders of Wildlife & Stephanie Durman Matheny , Tennessee Clean Water Network.

Sierra Club, Plaintiff, represented by Michael Senatore , Defenders of Wildlife, Stephanie Durman Matheny , Tennessee Clean Water Network & Jane Davenport , Defenders of Wildlife.

Statewide Organizing for Community Empowerment, Plaintiff, represented by Michael Senatore , Defenders of Wildlife, Stephanie Durman Matheny , Tennessee Clean Water Network & Jane Davenport , Defenders of Wildlife.

Tennessee Clean Water Network, Plaintiff, represented by Michael Senatore , Defenders of Wildlife, Stephanie Durman Matheny , Tennessee Clean Water Network & Jane Davenport , Defenders of Wildlife.

Sally Jewell, Defendant, represented by Delores Young , United States Department of Interior & Robert Pendleton Williams , U S Department of Justice.

Dan Ashe, Defendant, represented by Delores Young , United States Department of Interior, Gerald A Thornton , U S Department of the Interior & Robert Pendleton Williams , U S Department of Justice.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendant, represented by Delores Young , United States Department of Interior & Robert Pendleton Williams , U S Department of Justice.

Joseph Pizarchik, Defendant, represented by Delores Young , United States Department of Interior & Robert Pendleton Williams , U S Department of Justice.

U.S. Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement, Defendant, represented by Delores Young , United States Department of Interior & Robert Pendleton Williams , U S Department of Justice.

National Mining Association, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Kevin M. McGuire , Jackson Kelly PLLC, Robert D. Comer , Jackson Kelly PLLC, Robert G. McLusky , Jackson Kelly PLLC & M Robin Repass , Jackson Kelly PLLC.

Tennessee Mining Association, Intervenor Defendant, represented by William Lewis Penny , Stites & Harbison, PLLC.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PAMELA L. REEVES, Distrcit Judge.

The Defenders of Wildlife, Sierra Club, Statewide Organizing for Community Empowerment, and the Tennessee Clean Water Network brought this action against the defendant government agencies for alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act. The plaintiffs contend these agencies have ignored "mounting evidence that high conductivity wastewater from surface coal mines harms two rare ESA-protected...

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