Legal Opinion
Forest Conservation Council v. Rosboro Lumber Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1995No. 94-35070PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Forest Conservation Council (“FCC”) appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee Rosboro Lumber Company (“Rosboro”). FCC sued Rosboro under the citizen suit provision of the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1540(g)(1)(A), for violating 16 U.S.C. § 1538(a)(1)(B), which prohibits the “taking” of a federally listed threatened species without a permit from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The district court concluded that FCC’s claim of a future injury to a pair of Northern Spotted Owls was…
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