Legal Opinion
Biodiversity Legal Foundation v. Badgley
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 21, 2002No. Nos. 00-35076, 00-35089PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge.
Biodiversity Legal Foundation, several environmental groups, and individuals (“Appellants”) appeal the district court’s partial grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellees, the Department of Interi- or and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“the Service”). The district court ruled that the Service has discretion under 16 U.S.C. § 1533 (the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”)) to make substantial information findings beyond the twelve-month deadline imposed for warranted/not-warranted findings. We reverse and hold that the only way to interpret subsection…
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