Legal Opinion
Alsea Valley Alliance v. Evans
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided September 10, 2001No. 99-6265-HOPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HOGAN, District Judge.
On August 10,1998, the National Marine Fisheries Services (“NMFS”) published its final rule listing the Oregon Coast Evolutionary Significant Unit (“ESU”) coho salmon as “threatened” pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531, et seq. Plaintiffs bring this action challenging the validity of the listing decision. Currently before the court are plaintiffs’ motion (# 74) for summary judgment and defendants’ cross motion (# 81) for summary judgment.
I. Background
In 1973, Congress enacted the ESA “to provide a program for the conservation of ...…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Oregon Trollers Ass'n v. GutierrezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- California Forestry Ass'n v. California Fish & Game CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2007
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