NAT. RES. DEF. COUN. v. U.S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR

18-CV-4596 (VEC) 18-CV-4601 (VEC) 18-CV-8084 (VEC).

397 F.Supp.3d 430 (2019)

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.; National Wildlife Federation, Plaintiffs, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Daniel Jorjani, in his official capacity as the person exercising authority of the Solicitor of the Interior, Defendants. National Audubon Society; American Bird Conservancy; Center for Biological Diversity; Defenders of Wildlife, Plaintiffs, v. U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Daniel Jorjani, Defendants. State of New York; State of California; State of Illinois; State of Maryland; Commonwealth of Massachusetts; State of New Jersey; State of New Mexico; State of Oregon, Plaintiffs, v. U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Daniel Jorjani, in his official capacity as Principal Deputy Solicitor exercising the authority of the Solicitor of the Interior, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

Signed July 31, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 16 U.S.C. § 703
Cause: 16 U.S.C. § 703 Migratory Bird Act
Nature of Suit: 899 Other Statutes: Administrative Procedures Act / Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian Fein , Mary Katherine Umekubo , Natural Resources Defense Counsel, San Francisco, CA, Mitchell S. Bernard , Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Andrew Edward Krause , United States Attorney's Office, SDNY, New York, NY, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

Environmental interest groups and various States brought these three actions to vacate a December 2017 memorandum by Daniel Jorjani, Principal Deputy Solicitor of the United States Department of the Interior ("DOI"), that interprets the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ("MBTA")...

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