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BORN FREE USA v. NORTON

No. Civ.A.03-1497 JDB.

278 F.Supp.2d 5 (2003)

BORN FREE USA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Gale NORTON, Secretary, Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants, and The Zoological Society of San Diego, et al., Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 8, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine A. Meyer, Meyer & Glitzenstein, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Teresa Patrick, Wayne Douglas Hettenbach, Department of Justice, Ann D. Navaro, U.S. Department of Justice, Natural Resources Division/Litigation, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

James Craig Potter, Gary Charles Adler, George J. Mannina, Jr., O'Connor & Hannan, LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BATES, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, who include several organizations and two individuals interested in the welfare of elephants, bring this case against the United States Department of the Interior and the Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") (collectively, the "federal defendants"), challenging FWS's decision to issue permits to the San Diego Zoo and the Lowry Park Zoo (collectively, the "zoos") for the importation of eleven African...

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