United States Tenth Circuit
State of Wyoming v. US Dep't of Interior, 05-8026, 05-8027, 05-8035
Order denying relief on all causes of action and dismissing an action alleging constitutional claims, violations of the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act is affirmed in a dispute over agencies' alleged failure to manage and control the gray wolf population in Wyoming and to initiate delisting of the gray wolf as an endangered species.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/04/2006
- Published 04/04/2006
Judges
- PER CURIAM., Before TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge, EBEL, Circuit Judge, and CASSELL, District Judge.
Court
- United States Tenth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Jay Arthur Jerde, Deputy Attorney General (Patrick J. Crank, Attorney General, with him on the briefs), Office of the Attorney General for the State of Wyoming, appearing for Appellant State of Wyoming., Harriett M. Hageman (Kara Brighton, with her on the briefs), Hageman & Brighton, P.C., Cheyenne, WY, appearing for Appellant Wyoming Wool Growers, et al., Bryan A. Skoric, Park County Attorney, James Fred Davis, Deputy Park County Attorney, Cody, WY, on the briefs for Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant Park County.
- For Appellees:
- David C. Shilton, Attorney, United States Department of Justice (Kelly A. Johnson, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Environmental and Natural Resources Division; Kristen L. Gustafson, Jimmy A. Rodriguez, and M. Alice Thurston, Attorneys, United States Department of Justice; and David Gayer and Margot Zallen, Office of the Solicitor, United States Department of Justice, with him on the brief), appearing for the Federal Appellees., Douglas L. Honnold, Abigail Dillen, and Timothy J. Preso, Earthjustice, Bozeman, Montana, on the briefs for Intervenor-Appellees Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council., Jack R. Tuholske, Tuholske Law Office, P.C., Missoula, Montana, and Thomas M. France, Montana Wildlife Federation, Missoula, Montana, on the briefs for Defendants-Intervenors Greater Yellowstone Coalition, National Wildlife Federation, and Predator Conservation Alliance.