DC "Jasper" Carlton v. Department of the Interior, Civ. No. 97-2105 (D.D.C.)
Case Summary:
We represented the Biodiversity Legal Foundation in a lawsuit to compel the US Fish and Wildlife Service to release thousands of pages of agency records which describe how the Service uses voluntary "conservation agreements" to avoid politically controversial listings of species as threatened or endangered under the Edangered Species Act. Plaintiffs challenged the Service's withholding of more than 200 records under the Freedom of Information Act. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of plaintiffs in all respects and ordered the Service to immediately release all withheld records. See DC "Jasper" Carlton v. Department of the Interior, Civ. No. 97-2105 (GK) (Sept. 3, 1998, Order Granting Summary Judgment).
Plaintiffs: D.C. Jasper Carlton
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia