Legal Opinion
Cal. Cattlemen's Ass'n v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 27, 2019No. Case No. 1:17-cv-01536 (TNM)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TREVOR N. McFADDEN, U.S.D.J.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") designated over 1.8 million acres in California as critical habitat for three amphibian species. The California Cattlemen's Association, the California Wool Growers Association, and the California Farm Bureau Federation (collectively, the "Cattlemen") now challenge this designation. They argue that the FWS did not *143evaluate the effects of the critical habitat designation on "small entities," as required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. § 601, et seq. But because the groups lack standing to sue, the Court will…
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