Legal Opinion
Friends of Animals v. Sally Jewell
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 15, 2016No. 15-5223PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents a single question: Does Friends of Animals have informational standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the failure of the Secretary of Interior to act in accordance with a deadline in section 4 of the Endangered Species Act? Because this deadline provision does not itself mandate the disclosure of any information, Friends of Animals has not suffered an informational injury and therefore does not have informational standing. Essentially, Friends of Animals has invoked informational standing prematurely. At this stage in the…
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