Legal Opinion
National Wildlife Federation v. National Marine Fisheries Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 31, 2005No. 05-35569, 05-35646, 05-35570PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION
2Per curiam
The defendants appeal the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction, based on a violation of the Endangered Species Act (or “ESA”), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544, requiring the United States to pass a specified amount of water through the spillgates of four dams on the Snake River, and one dam on the Columbia River during the summer months of 2005, rather than passing the water through turbines for power generation. We affirm in part and remand in part.
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The Columbia River is the fourth largest river on the North American continent. It drains approximately 259,000 square…
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