Legal Opinion
Defenders of Wildlife v. Salazar
District Court, D. Montana
Decided August 5, 2010No. CV 09-77-M-DWM, CV 09-82-M-DWMPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DONALD W. MOLLOY, District Judge.
I. Introduction
When Congress enacted the Endangered Species Act (the “ESA”) what it envisioned was an orderly process beginning with a determination of when a species is at risk of extinction and ending when that risk is reduced to an acceptable level. The Act was not intended to sow the dragon’s teeth of strife or to plant the seeds of future conflicts that have given rise to this case. The fight about wolves, steeped in stentorian agitprop, ignores the two different mandates of the act: the risk assessments, whether listing or delisting, are designed…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Colorado River Cutthroat Trout v. SalazarDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2012
- Humane Society of the United States v. SalazarDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
- In Re Polar Bear Endangered Species Act ListingDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
- Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. SalazarCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
- CENTER FOR NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS v. SalazarDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 2011
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