NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (NEPA)
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign v. Ken Salazar, Civ. No. 11-1352 (D.D.C.) (challenge to BLM’s decision to round-up and castrate a large number of wild, free-roaming horses without analyzing the significant impacts of castration).
Anderson v. Evans, 350 F.3d 815 (9th Cir. 2003) (challenge to NMFS permit that authorized whaling without completing an environmental impact statement under NEPA).
Animal Protection Institute v. Stanton, Civ. No. 97-2563 (D.D.C.) (challenge to the Park Service's decision to kill white-tailed deer in Cuyahoga National Park).
Bluewater Network v. Kempthorne, 721 F. Supp. 2d 7 (D.D.C. 2010) (challenge to Park Service's reintroduction of jet skis into two national parks after previous settlement agreement).
California Department of Health Services v. Babbitt, 46 F. Supp. 2d 13 (D.D.C. 1999) (defense of Interior's refusal to proceed with Ward Valley dump land transfer), aff'd on standing grounds, U.S. Ecology Center v. Babbitt, 231 F.3d 20 (D.C. Cir. 2000).
Defenders of Wildlife v. Babbitt, 130 F. Supp. 2d 121 (D.D.C. 2001) (challenge to various federal agencies' failure to consider cumulative impacts of federal activities on Sonoran Pronghorn under section 7).
Defenders of Wildlife v. Ballard, 73 F. Supp. 2d 1094 (D. Ariz. 1999) (challenge to Corps' failure to analyze cumulative effects of development on the Pygmy owl).
Defenders of Wildlife v. Meissner, Civ. No. 99-2262 (D.D.C.) (challenge to Border Patrol activities in habitat of Jaguarundis and ocelots).
PENDING
Defenders of Wildlife v. Salazar, Civ. No. 08-237 (M.D. Fla.) (challenge seeking to enforce prior settlement agreement concerning use of ORVs on Big Cypress National Preserve).
The Florida Biodiversity Project v. Kennedy, Civ. No. 95-24(D) (M.D. Fla.) (challenge to Park Service's failure to address adverse effects of ORVs on Big Cypress National Preserve).
Fund for Animals v. Babbitt, Civ. No. 97-1126 (D.D.C.) (challenge to Park Service's failure to consider impacts of Yellowstone snowmobiling and trail grooming on bison).
Fund for Animals v. Clark, 27 F. Supp. 2d 8 (D.D.C. 1998) (challenge to joint federal agency plan to shoot bison in Wyoming).
Fund for Animals. v. Espy, 814 F. Supp. 142 (D.D.C. 1993) (challenge to killing of Yellowstone bison).
Fund For Animals v. Hall, 448 F. Supp. 2d 127 (D.D.C. 2006) (challenge to FWS's policy of hunting in national wildlife refuges and the cumulative effects on migratory birds and federally listed species).
Fund for Animals v. Mainella, 283 F. Supp. 2d 418, 432 (D. Mass. 2003) (challenge to pheasant release and hunting on national park lands).
Fund for Animals v. Norton, 294 F. Supp. 2d 92 (D.D.C. 2003) (challenge to Yellowstone winter use plan).
Fund For Animals v. Norton, 281 F. Supp. 2d 209 (D.D.C. 2003) (challenge to FWS's decision to authorize the killing of mute swans).
Fund for Animals v. Williams, 246 F. Supp. 2d 27 (D.D.C. 2003) (challenge to FWS's decision to authorize hunting of imperiled Trumpeter swans).
In Defense of Animals v. Norton, Civ. No. 02-2068 (D.D.C. 2002) (challenge to Asian elephant import permit issued to Marine World).
Metcalf v. Daley, 214 F.3d 1135 (9th Cir. 2000) (challenge to gray whale hunting by the Makah Tribe).
Natural Resources Defense Council v. Richardson, Civ. No. 97-936 (D.D.C.) (challenge to DOE's failure to undertake environmental review of nuclear clean-ups).
PENDING
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. Bromwich, Civ. No. 10-1067 (challenge to DOI's, BOEMRE'S, and FWS's environmental reviews of the Cape Wind off-shore wind project under NEPA, ESA, and MBTA).PENDING
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. Salazar, Civ. No. 11-647 (M.D. Fla.) (challenging NPS’s decision to introduce extensive ORV use and ORV-assisted hunting into the Addition Lands of the Big Cypress National Preserve and its decision to severely circumscribe the amount of eligible acreage for designation as wilderness).
Queen Anne's Conservation Association v. U.S. Department of State, Civ. No. 10-670 (D.D.C.) (challenge to State Department's withholding of records concerning wildlife impacts of a military training facility).
Sierra Club v. Flowers, 423 F. Supp. 2d 1273 (S.D. Fla. 2006) (challenge to Army Corps of Engineers decision to authorize hard-rock mining adjacent to Everglades National Park without engaging in formal consultation).
Sierra Club v. Maniella, Civ. No. 459 F. Supp. 2d 76 (D.D.C. 2006) (challenge to the Park Service's failure to comply with APA, NEPA, and Organic Act in weakening standards for directional drilling).
Sierra Club v. Van Antwerp, Civ. No. 07-1756 (D.D.C.) (challenge to Corps' grant of a dredge and fill permit for a large commercial development and to the Corps' failure to comply with its NEPA and ESA consultation obligations).
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Norton, 237 F. Supp. 2d 48 (D.D.C. 2002) (challenge to oil and gas exploration outside Arches National Park).
Town of Golden Beach v. Army Corps of Engineers, Civ. No. 94-1816 (S.D. Fla. 1994) (challenge to beach renourishment in Florida on NEPA grounds).
Winston v. Ballard, Civ. No. 99-53 (D.D.C. 1999) (challenge to Corps' beach renourishment program)