COLORADO RIVER CUTTHROAT TROUT v. DIRK KEMPTHORNE

Civil Action No. 00-2497(PLF).

448 F.Supp.2d 170 (2006)

COLORADO RIVER CUTTHROAT TROUT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DIRK KEMPTHORNE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 7, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Dougherty, Law Office of J.B. Dougherty, Washington, DC, Neil Levine, Law Offices of Neil Levine, McCrystie Adams, Earthjustice, Denver, CO, for Plaintiffs.

Jean Eva Williams, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Ben Franklin Station, Kristen Byrnes Floom, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


OPINION

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment. It arises from the decision of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") to reject plaintiffs' December 9, 1999 petition to list the Colorado River cutthroat trout under the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"), 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq. Specifically, plaintiffs assert that...

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