Legal Opinion
Friends of Animals v. Pritzker
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 26, 2019No. Civil Action No. 2016-1540Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FRIENDS OF ANIMALS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. No. 16-cv-1540 (DLF) 1 WILBER ROSS, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Commerce, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION The National Marine Fisheries Service (the Service) determined in 2014 that the queen conch, a marine mollusk that inhabits the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, did not warrant listing as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The plaintiffs, Friends of Animals (Friends) and WildEarth Guardians (WildEarth),…
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