Montana wolf trapping case headed to trial amid dispute over grizzly bear threat
From Courthouse News Service:
(CN) — After his order limiting wolf trapping and snaring in Montana’s grizzly bear territory survived the scrutiny of a Ninth Circuit panel this past April, Chief U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy denied conservation groups’ motion for summary judgment in the case.
Molloy, a Bill Clinton appointee, wrote in a 30-page order that there are still material questions of fact in the case that are best answered at a bench trial, which is scheduled to begin Dec. 2.
