Endangered Species Comm. of the Bldg. Indus. Ass'n of S. Cal. v. Babbitt

ELR Citation: ELR 20934
No(s). 92-2610 (SS) (D.D.C. May 2, 1994)

The court holds that the Department of the Interior's (DOI's) decision to list the coastal California gnatcatcher as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). In listing the coastal California gnatcatcher, DOI relied on an ornitholog...