Fund for Animals v. Babbitt, 903 F. Supp. 96 (D.D.C. 1995)
Case Summary:
On behalf of The Fund for Animals and a coalition of grassroots activists concerned with the plight of the threatened grizzly bear, we brought a lawsuit in federal court in D.C. challenging the adequacy of the Fish and Wildlife Service's Recovery Plan for the bear. In the first successful legal challenge to a recovery plan, we won a ruling from the Court that the recovery plan did not adequately take into account human impacts on quantity and quality of grizzly habitat. As a result of this ruling, the government was ordered to strengthen its efforts to safeguard grizzly bear habitat.
Plaintiffs: The Fund for Animals, Inc., Biodiversity Legal Foundation, Swan View Coalition, Greater Ecosystem Alliance, Native Ecosystems Council, Predator Project, Resources, Ltd., and individuals.
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia