Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. United States
United States Court of International Trade
Decided July 26, 2018No. Slip Op. 18-92; Court 18-00055PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Katzmann, Judge:
*1344 The vaquita, the world's smallest porpoise -- only about five feet long and weighing one hundred pounds -- is a critically endangered marine mammal endemic to the northern Gulf of California, in Mexican waters. Though the species has existed for millions of years, the population was first surveyed in the late 1990s. At that time, scientists estimated that there were 567 vaquita in the wild. The vaquita is now on the brink of extinction. Only about 15 vaquita remain today, and the population is declining at a rate of almost 50 percent each year. The status of the species is so…
2Cases cited56 opinions
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- Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
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