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Bird Litigation: Hindsight and the California Condor

10,000 Birds

The arguments were framed by legal standards under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). Thus, on February 3, 1986, the district court agreed with Audubon and enjoined FWS from capturing the remaining condors. FWS appealed to the U.S.