Legal Opinion
Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 2, 2018No. 17-35462; No. 17-35463; No. 17-35465; No. 17-35466; No. 17-35467; No. 17-35502; No. 18-35111; No. 18-35152PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Chief Judge:
These consolidated appeals are the latest round of a long-running dispute over *812salmon and steelhead species listed under the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 - 1544. Three federal agencies (collectively, "federal defendants"), joined by intervenor-defendants, challenge injunctions issued by the district court to protect the listed species. At the request of the National Wildlife Federation and the State of Oregon (collectively, "plaintiffs"), the district court ordered the agencies to conduct certain spill operations and fish monitoring operations at dams…
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