Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council v. Rodgers
District Court, E.D. California
Decided July 28, 2005No. CIV.S-88-1658 LKKPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT RELATING TO THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
KARLTON, Senior District Judge.
Pending before the court is plaintiffs’ motion for summary adjudication as to liability on their claims relating to the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq 1 Plaintiffs allege that the United States Bureau of Reclamation (“Bureau” or “BOR”), the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”), and the Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) failed to examine critical issues in their biological opinions before executing twenty-five year water contracts in late 2000 for the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- United States v. James C. DunkelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by8 opinions
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