NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.; NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION -against- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE; DANIEL JORJANI

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MBTA Opinion - To Accompany 2020-08-17 Digest No. 45.pdf

A New York federal judge has ruled that the Department of the Interior’s 2017 opinion that the Migratory Bird Treaty Act does not allow for criminal prosecution of incidental killing of birds is contrary to law.

[To accompany Federal Case Law Update "Federal Judge Vacates Weakened Migratory Bird Protections" from Brooks Animal Law Digest Issue No. 45.]