Legal Opinion
Conservation Force v. Salazar
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 7, 2010No. Civil Action 09-496 (JDB)PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.
Plaintiffs — organizations and individuals that support sustainable hunting of the Canadian wood bison — have brought suit alleging that the Secretary of the Department of the Interior has violated several provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (“ESA” or “the Act”), 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq., in his treatment of that species. The Canadian wood bison is currently listed as “endangered” under the Act. In 2007, the Canadian National Wood Bison Recovery Team petitioned to “down-list” the wood bison to “threatened,” but the Secretary has not…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Sinochem International Co. v. Malaysia International Shipping Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Tennessee Valley Authority v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- County of Los Angeles v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Weinstein v. BradfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Glass v. LaHoodDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
- Conservation Force v. JewellDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016
- Conservation Force v. SalazarDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2013
- Conservation Force v. Kenneth SalazarCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2012
- Franks v. SalazarDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
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