ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE v. MARTIN

No. CV-08-267-B-W.

668 F.Supp.2d 254 (2009)

ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Roland D. MARTIN, Commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

November 10, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith M. Brawer, Law Office of Judith M. Brawer, Boise, ID, Lynne A. Williams, Law Office of Lynne A. Williams, Bar Harbor, ME, for Plaintiffs.

Christopher C. Taub, Nancy M. Macirowski, Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, ME, for Defendant.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.

The Court denies the Plaintiffs' request for permanent injunction against the state of Maine's current trapping regulations because it finds that the Plaintiffs have failed to prove the Canada lynx as a species will suffer irreparable harm if the injunction is not granted.

I. STATEMENT OF FACTS

A. Canada Lynx, the State of Maine, and Federal Litigation in Maine...

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