ELR Citation: ELR 20306
No(s). s. 75-1033, -1196 (D.C. Cir. Feb 2, 1977)

Reversing the district court, the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals holds that the ownership determination of animals under §5 of the Wild, Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (the Act), 16 U.S.C. §§1131-1140, ELR 41834, is to be made by federal officials. The Act brings "all unbranded...