Legal Opinion
Wild Fish Conservancy v. Salazar
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 7, 2010No. 09-35531PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge BERZON; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge FISHER.
OPINION
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
We are faced once again with the far-reaching effects of federal hydroelectric projects in the Columbia River Basin on the region’s native fish species. See, e.g., Nat’l Wildlife Fed’n v. Nat’l Marine Fisheries Serv., 524 F.3d 917 (9th Cir.2008); Nw. Res. Info. Ctr., Inc. v. Nw. Power Planning Council, 35 F.3d 1371 (9th Cir. 1994). The fish at the heart of this particular controversy is not salmon, as in most of the earlier cases, and the potential threat to its survival and recovery…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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3Cited by58 opinions
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