Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 15, 2001No. 00-30117PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to assess the validity of agency action under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). 1 Appellant challenges the refusal of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to designate “critical habitat” for the Gulf sturgeon. Appellant contends that this decision relied on an invalid regulation and is therefore arbitrary and capricious. We agree and now reverse.
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The Gulf sturgeon is a large, wide-ranging fish that can reach up to fifty years of age and five-hundred pounds in size. The sturgeon is…
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