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HUMANE SOC. OF UNITED STATES v. WATT

Civ. A. No. 82-2689.

551 F.Supp. 1310 (1982)

The HUMANE SOCIETY OF the UNITED STATES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. James G. WATT, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

November 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen Bass, J. Peter Bryne, Michael A. Roth, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Dianne H. Kelly, J. Vance Hughes, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

Patrick A. Parenteau, Washington, D.C., for amicus National Wildlife Federation.

C. King Mallory, III, Richard W. Goldman, Hunton & Williams, Washington, D.C., for amicus Wildlife Legislative Fund.

Paul A. Lenzini, William A. Hutchins, Chapman, Duff & Paul, Washington, D.C., for amicus International Ass'n of Fish and Wildlife.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.

In this action, plaintiffs, an individual and two organizations, the Humane Society of the United States and the Maine Audubon Society, challenge the decision of the Department of the Interior, through the Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service), to permit sport hunting of black ducks during the 1982-83 hunting season. The Service issued the hunting regulations in question pursuant to the Migratory Bird...

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