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84 Cases found

Rocky Mountain Wild v. Kornze

Filing Date: 2013
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 07/25/2013 ]
Description: Challenge to BLM approval of resource management plans in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming to permit oil shale or tar sands leasing.

Conservation Congress v. U.S. Forest Service

Filing Date: 2013
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Defendants' motion to dissolve the injunction and amend the judgment granted. [ 03/02/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to timber sale project in Mendocino National Forest that allegedly threatened Northern spotted owl.

Sierra Club v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Filing Date: 2013
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Memorandum opinion and order issued granting summary judgment to defendants. [ 03/19/2013 ]
Description: Challenge to Fish and Wildlife Service response to petition to revise critical habitat for leatherback sea turtles.

Friends of the Wild Swan v. Jewell

Filing Date: 2013
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Order issued and matter remanded. [ 08/21/2014 ]
Description: Challenge to incidental take permit for grizzly bears and bull trout.

WildEarth Guardians v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service

Filing Date: 2013
Court/Admin Entity: D. Ariz.
Status: Joint status report filed. [ 04/04/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to biological opinions issued by the United States Fish & Wildlife Service that found that forest plans developed by the United States Forest Service (USFS) were not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the Mexican spotted owl.

Turtle Island Restoration Network v. U.S. Department of Commerce

Filing Date: 2012
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Opinion issued partially reversing district court's decision upholding agency determinations. [ 12/27/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to federal decisions authorizing expansions of swordfish fishery that allegedly would adversely affect endangered sea turtles and other animals.

Center for Biological Diversity v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2012
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Summary judgment for defendants affirmed. [ 08/28/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to determination that the Sonoran Desert population of bald eagles did not constitute a distinct population segment and was not eligible for protection under the Endangered Species Act.

Coralations v. National Marine Fisheries Service

Filing Date: 2012
Court/Admin Entity: D.P.R.
Status: Opinion and order issued granting in part and denying in part plaintiffs' and defendants cross-motions for summary judgment. [ 09/30/2013 ]
Description: Challenge to federal authorization and management of U.S. Caribbean Reef Fish Fishery for failing to ensure that actions would not jeopardize existence of protected Caribbean corals that face threats due to climate change and other factors.

Oceana, Inc. v. Pritzker

Filing Date: 2012
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Opinion issued. [ 08/31/2015 ]
Description: Challenge to biological opinion for fishery management plan with respect to conclusion regarding impacts on distinct population segments of loggerhead sea turtles.

Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc. v. Center for Biological Diversity

Filing Date: 2012
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Memorandum issued dismissing appeal of denial of motion to dismiss. [ 11/12/2014 ]
Description: Action by oil company seeking declaration that government agencies properly issued it an “incidental harassment authorization” to drill in the Arctic.

State of Alaska v. Jewell

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Certiorari denied. [ 05/01/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to designation of polar bear critical habitat.

Center for Biological Diversity v. Salazar

Filing Date: 2010
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Court entered stipulated settlement agreement and order of dismissal. [ 06/03/2010 ]
Description: Action to force U.S. government to complete Endangered Species Act listing process for seven penguin species.

Center for Biological Diversity v. Locke

Filing Date: 2009
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Court entered stipulated settlement agreement and order of dismissal. [ 10/13/2009 ]
Description: Challenge to government’s alleged failure to designate critical habitat for endangered turtle species.