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LOGGERHEAD TURTLE v. COUNCIL, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLA.

No. 6:95-cv-587-Orl-22B.

92 F.Supp.2d 1296 (2000)

LOGGERHEAD TURTLE (Caretta caretta), Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas), Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), Shirley Reynolds and Rita Alexander, Plaintiffs, v. The COUNTY COUNCIL OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, a political subdivision of the State of Florida and Bruce Babbitt, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, an agency of the United States of America, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Orlando Division.

March 24, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J.B. Zies, Zies Brothers, P.A., Maitland, Lesley Gay Blackner, Law Office of Lesley Blackner, Palm Beach, FL, for Loggerhead Turtle, (Caretta caretta), Green Turtle, (Chelonia mydas), Shirley Reynolds, Rita Alexander, Leatherback Turtle, (Dermochelys coriacea), plaintiffs.

Jeffrey D. Keiner, John A. Kirst, Jr., Charles W. Sell, Theodore L. Shinkle, Russell S. Kent, Gray, Harris & Robinson, P.A., Orlando, Jamie Ellen Seaman, Daniel D. Eckert, Volusia County Legal Department, Deland, I. Randall Gold, U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida, Orlando, FL, Mark A. Brown, Wildlife & Marine Resources Section, Environment & Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for the County Council of Volusia County, Florida, Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the United States Department of Interior, defendants.

ORDER

CONWAY, District Judge.

I. Introduction.

Congress has found that various species of fish, wildlife, and plants in the United States have been so depleted in numbers that they are in danger of or threatened with extinction. See 16 U.S.C. § 1531(2). Because these particular species are deemed to have "esthetic, educational, historical, recreational, and scientific value to the Nation and its people," the United States has pledged...

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