Home/Case Law/Ninth Circuit/National Audubon Society, Inc. Golden Gate Audubon Society, Inc. Marin Audubon Society, Inc. Muir Beach Enviro, Inc. California Waterfowl Association, Inc., and National Trappers Association, Inc. California Trappers Association, Inc. Tim Wion Christopher S. Brennan Loyd E. Horn, Intervenors v. Gray Davis, Governor of California Douglas Wheeler, Resources Secretary, State of California Jacqueline E. Schafer, Director, Cdfg California Department of Fish & Game California Fish & Game Commission, and Ann M. Veneman, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gary Simmons, California State Director, Wildlife Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture Jamie Clark Rappaport, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anne Badgley, Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Am Soc Prev Cruelty Protect Pets and Wildlife/vote Yes on Proposition 4 Animal Protection Institute the Ark Trust, Inc. Doris Day Animal League the Fund for Animals the Humane Society of the United States International Fund for Animal Welfare, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. National Audubon Society, Inc. Golden Gate Audubon Society, Inc. Marin Audubon Society, Inc. Muir Beach Enviro, Inc. California Waterfowl Association, Inc., and National Trappers Association, Inc. California Trappers Association, Inc. Tim Wion Christopher S. Brennan Loyd E. Horn, Intervenors-Appellants v. Gray Davis, Governor of California Douglas Wheeler, Resources Secretary, State of California Jacqueline E. Schafer, Director, Cdfg California Department of Fish & Game California Fish & Game Commission, and Ann M. Veneman, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gary Simmons, California State Director, Wildlife Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gale A. Norton, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior Jamie Clark Rappaport, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anne Badgley, Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Robert Stanton, Director, National Park Service, Am Soc Prev Cruelty Protect Pets and Wildlife/vote Yes on Proposition 4 Animal Protection Institute the Ark Trust, Inc. Doris Day Animal League the Fund for Animals the Humane Society of the United States International Fund for Animal Welfare, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees. National Audubon Society, Inc. Golden Gate Audubon Society, Inc. Marin Audubon Society, Inc. Muir Beach Enviro, Inc. California Waterfowl Association, Inc. v. Gray Davis, Governor of California Mary D. Nichols, Resources Secretary, State of California Robert C. Hight, Director of the California Department of Fish and Game California Department of Fish and Game California Fish & Game Commission, Ann M. Veneman, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gary Simmons, California State Director, Wildlife Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gale A. Norton, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior Jamie Clark Rappaport, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Robert Stanton, Director, National Park Service, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Animal Protection Institute the Ark Trust, Inc. Doris Day Animal League the Fund for Animals Humane Society of the United States Protect Pets and Wildlife/vote Yes on Proposition 4 the International Fund for Animal Welfare, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees
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No. 779503
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
National Audubon Society, Inc. Golden Gate Audubon Society, Inc. Marin Audubon Society, Inc. Muir Beach Enviro, Inc. California Waterfowl Association, Inc., and National Trappers Association, Inc. California Trappers Association, Inc. Tim Wion Christopher S. Brennan Loyd E. Horn, Intervenors v. Gray Davis, Governor of California Douglas Wheeler, Resources Secretary, State of California Jacqueline E. Schafer, Director, Cdfg California Department of Fish & Game California Fish & Game Commission, and Ann M. Veneman, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gary Simmons, California State Director, Wildlife Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture Jamie Clark Rappaport, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anne Badgley, Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Am Soc Prev Cruelty Protect Pets and Wildlife/vote Yes on Proposition 4 Animal Protection Institute the Ark Trust, Inc. Doris Day Animal League the Fund for Animals the Humane Society of the United States International Fund for Animal Welfare, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. National Audubon Society, Inc. Golden Gate Audubon Society, Inc. Marin Audubon Society, Inc. Muir Beach Enviro, Inc. California Waterfowl Association, Inc., and National Trappers Association, Inc. California Trappers Association, Inc. Tim Wion Christopher S. Brennan Loyd E. Horn, Intervenors-Appellants v. Gray Davis, Governor of California Douglas Wheeler, Resources Secretary, State of California Jacqueline E. Schafer, Director, Cdfg California Department of Fish & Game California Fish & Game Commission, and Ann M. Veneman, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gary Simmons, California State Director, Wildlife Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gale A. Norton, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior Jamie Clark Rappaport, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anne Badgley, Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Robert Stanton, Director, National Park Service, Am Soc Prev Cruelty Protect Pets and Wildlife/vote Yes on Proposition 4 Animal Protection Institute the Ark Trust, Inc. Doris Day Animal League the Fund for Animals the Humane Society of the United States International Fund for Animal Welfare, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees. National Audubon Society, Inc. Golden Gate Audubon Society, Inc. Marin Audubon Society, Inc. Muir Beach Enviro, Inc. California Waterfowl Association, Inc. v. Gray Davis, Governor of California Mary D. Nichols, Resources Secretary, State of California Robert C. Hight, Director of the California Department of Fish and Game California Department of Fish and Game California Fish & Game Commission, Ann M. Veneman, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gary Simmons, California State Director, Wildlife Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gale A. Norton, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior Jamie Clark Rappaport, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Robert Stanton, Director, National Park Service, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Animal Protection Institute the Ark Trust, Inc. Doris Day Animal League the Fund for Animals Humane Society of the United States Protect Pets and Wildlife/vote Yes on Proposition 4 the International Fund for Animal Welfare, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees
No. 779503 · Decided September 24, 2002
No. 779503·Ninth Circuit · 2002·
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided
September 24, 2002
Citation
No. 779503
Disposition
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National Audubon Society, Inc. Golden Gate Audubon Society, Inc. Marin Audubon Society, Inc. Muir Beach Enviro, Inc. California Waterfowl Association, Inc., and National Trappers Association, Inc. California Trappers Association, Inc. Tim Wion Christopher S. Brennan Loyd E. Horn, Intervenors v. Gray Davis, Governor of California Douglas Wheeler, Resources Secretary, State of California Jacqueline E. Schafer, Director, Cdfg California Department of Fish & Game California Fish & Game Commission, and Ann M. Veneman, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gary Simmons, California State Director, Wildlife Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture Jamie Clark Rappaport, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anne Badgley, Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Am Soc Prev Cruelty Protect Pets and Wildlife/vote Yes on Proposition 4 Animal Protection Institute the Ark Trust, Inc. Doris Day Animal League the Fund for Animals the Humane Society of the United States International Fund for Animal Welfare, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. National Audubon Society, Inc. Golden Gate Audubon Society, Inc. Marin Audubon Society, Inc. Muir Beach Enviro, Inc. California Waterfowl Association, Inc., and National Trappers Association, Inc. California Trappers Association, Inc. Tim Wion Christopher S. Brennan Loyd E. Horn, Intervenors-Appellants v. Gray Davis, Governor of California Douglas Wheeler, Resources Secretary, State of California Jacqueline E. Schafer, Director, Cdfg California Department of Fish & Game California Fish & Game Commission, and Ann M. Veneman, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gary Simmons, California State Director, Wildlife Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gale A. Norton, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior Jamie Clark Rappaport, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anne Badgley, Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Robert Stanton, Director, National Park Service, Am Soc Prev Cruelty Protect Pets and Wildlife/vote Yes on Proposition 4 Animal Protection Institute the Ark Trust, Inc. Doris Day Animal League the Fund for Animals the Humane Society of the United States International Fund for Animal Welfare, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees. National Audubon Society, Inc. Golden Gate Audubon Society, Inc. Marin Audubon Society, Inc. Muir Beach Enviro, Inc. California Waterfowl Association, Inc. v. Gray Davis, Governor of California Mary D. Nichols, Resources Secretary, State of California Robert C. Hight, Director of the California Department of Fish and Game California Department of Fish and Game California Fish & Game Commission, Ann M. Veneman, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gary Simmons, California State Director, Wildlife Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gale A. Norton, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior Jamie Clark Rappaport, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Robert Stanton, Director, National Park Service, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Animal Protection Institute the Ark Trust, Inc. Doris Day Animal League the Fund for Animals Humane Society of the United States Protect Pets and Wildlife/vote Yes on Proposition 4 the International Fund for Animal Welfare, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees is a decision of the Ninth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for National Audubon Society, Inc. Golden Gate Audubon Society, Inc. Marin Audubon Society, Inc. Muir Beach Enviro, Inc. California Waterfowl Association, Inc., and National Trappers Association, Inc. California Trappers Association, Inc. Tim Wion Christopher S. Brennan Loyd E. Horn, Intervenors v. Gray Davis, Governor of California Douglas Wheeler, Resources Secretary, State of California Jacqueline E. Schafer, Director, Cdfg California Department of Fish & Game California Fish & Game Commission, and Ann M. Veneman, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gary Simmons, California State Director, Wildlife Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture Jamie Clark Rappaport, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anne Badgley, Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Am Soc Prev Cruelty Protect Pets and Wildlife/vote Yes on Proposition 4 Animal Protection Institute the Ark Trust, Inc. Doris Day Animal League the Fund for Animals the Humane Society of the United States International Fund for Animal Welfare, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. National Audubon Society, Inc. Golden Gate Audubon Society, Inc. Marin Audubon Society, Inc. Muir Beach Enviro, Inc. California Waterfowl Association, Inc., and National Trappers Association, Inc. California Trappers Association, Inc. Tim Wion Christopher S. Brennan Loyd E. Horn, Intervenors-Appellants v. Gray Davis, Governor of California Douglas Wheeler, Resources Secretary, State of California Jacqueline E. Schafer, Director, Cdfg California Department of Fish & Game California Fish & Game Commission, and Ann M. Veneman, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gary Simmons, California State Director, Wildlife Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gale A. Norton, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior Jamie Clark Rappaport, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anne Badgley, Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Robert Stanton, Director, National Park Service, Am Soc Prev Cruelty Protect Pets and Wildlife/vote Yes on Proposition 4 Animal Protection Institute the Ark Trust, Inc. Doris Day Animal League the Fund for Animals the Humane Society of the United States International Fund for Animal Welfare, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees. National Audubon Society, Inc. Golden Gate Audubon Society, Inc. Marin Audubon Society, Inc. Muir Beach Enviro, Inc. California Waterfowl Association, Inc. v. Gray Davis, Governor of California Mary D. Nichols, Resources Secretary, State of California Robert C. Hight, Director of the California Department of Fish and Game California Department of Fish and Game California Fish & Game Commission, Ann M. Veneman, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gary Simmons, California State Director, Wildlife Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture Gale A. Norton, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior Jamie Clark Rappaport, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Robert Stanton, Director, National Park Service, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Animal Protection Institute the Ark Trust, Inc. Doris Day Animal League the Fund for Animals Humane Society of the United States Protect Pets and Wildlife/vote Yes on Proposition 4 the International Fund for Animal Welfare, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees in the current circuit citation data.
This case was decided on September 24, 2002.
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