Legal Opinion
Defenders of Wildlife & Center for Biological Diversity v. Jewell
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 1, 2016No. 14-5284PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
The issue in this appeal concerns when a voluntary state conservation agreement may be considered in deciding whether or not to list a species under the Endangered Species Act. In 2012, the Fish and Wildlife Service withdrew its 2010 proposal to list the dunes sagebrush lizard, whose habitat is in New Mexico and Texas, as endangered. The Defenders of Wildlife and the Center for Biological Diversity (together “Appellants”) sued and now appeal the grant of summary judgment to the Secretary of Interior. They contend the…
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