Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service

ELR Citation: 46 ELR 20097
No(s). 14-1907 (D.D.C. May 25, 2016) (Bates, J.)

A district court vacated two FWS depredation orders reauthorizing the killing of double-crested cormorants in certain states. The court previously held that FWS violated NEPA when it reissued the orders. At issue here was the remedy. FWS argued that remand without vacatur was appropriate, whereas pl...