Legal Opinion
Alliance for Wild Rockies v. United States Department of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 20, 2014No. 13-35253PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
The grizzly bear is one of this country’s most majestic creatures. Originally numerous throughout the American west, including California and Texas, grizzly bear populations were decimated in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through a combination of commercial trapping, unregulated hunting and rapid habitat deterioration. Between 1800 and 1975, grizzly bear populations fell from estimates of over 50,000 to less than 1,00o. 1 Today, they are present only in Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.
One sub-population of grizzly bear, central to the present case,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Lujan v. Defenders of WildlifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness AllianceSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
- Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2017
- City of Portland v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2020
- Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Christopher SavageCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018
- Hoopa Valley Tribe v. National Marine Fisheries ServiceDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2017
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