Natural Resources Defense Council v. U.S. Department of the Interior
ELR Citation: 49 ELR 20125 No(s). 18-CV-4596 (VEC), 18-CV-4601 (VEC), and 18-CV-8084 (S.D.N.Y. Jul 31, 2019) (Caproni, J.)
A district court granted in part and denied in part DOI's motion to dismiss a challenge to its 2017 interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act that permitted the "incidental" taking of migratory birds. Environmental groups and states argued the agency's interpretation was arbitrary and capricio...