Defenders of Wildlife v. Andrus

ELR Citation: ELR 20235
No(s). 77-0212 (D.D.C. Jan 10, 1978)

The court denies defendants' motion to dismiss this action to halt the killing of wolves by Alaska officials on federal lands. Defendants argued that the State of Alaska should have been joined as an indispensable party under Fed. R. Civ. P. 19 and that the action was barred by res judicata pursuant...