Legal Opinion
In Re ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT SECTION 4 DEADLINE LITIGATION
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 9, 2011No. Misc. No. 2010-0377PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
EMMET G. SULLIVAN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and WildEarth Guardians (“Guardians”) filed the actions that comprise this Multi-District Litigation (“MDL”). Plaintiffs bring these actions to compel the Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) and the Secretary of the Interior (collectively “federal defendants”) to comply with statutory deadlines when making the determination whether to list hundreds of species as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). These consolidated cases— which are now on the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Lujan v. Defenders of WildlifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Florida Audubon Society v. Lloyd M. Bentsen, Secretary of the Treasury, and Margaret Richardson, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
- Sierra Club v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2002
- United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2009
- Fund for Animals, Inc. v. NortonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
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- Peters v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2012
- Safari Club International v. SalazarCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2013
- San Joaquin River Group Authority v. National Marine Fisheries ServiceDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2011
- Defenders of Wildlife v. JewellDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
- Safari Club International v. SalazarDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2012
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