Center for Biological Diversity v. Ross

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 18-112 (JEB) WILBUR ROSS, in his official capacity as Secretary of Commerce, et al., Defendants, and MASSACHUSETTS LOBSTERMEN’S ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Defendant-Intervenors. MEMORANDUM OPINION So named because for centuries they were easy to kill and strip for blubber, North Atlantic “right” whales have been hunted to the edge of extinction. One of the first animals to be protected under the Endangered Species Act, the population nonetheless hovers perilously…