Principal Law:

Endangered Species Act (ESA)

200 Cases found

WildEarth Guardians v. Steele

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Parties' motions for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part and provisions of the 2017 BiOp that violated the Endangered Species Act remanded without vacatur. [ 06/24/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to the revision of the Flathead National Forest Land Management Plan in northwestern Montana, including for failing to consider or account for impacts of climate change on grizzly bears.

Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/23/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s failure to determine whether eight species of Caribbean skink warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act.

Optimus Steel, LLC v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Tex.
Status: Stipulation of dismissal with prejudice filed. [ 11/20/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit brought by steel mill owner to challenge the reauthorization and reissuance of Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP-12) as well as the approval of a natural gas pipeline under NWP-12.

Sierra Forest Legacy v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Stipulation for settlement agreement granted. [ 11/30/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to the determination that the California spotted owl did not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act.

Gwich’in Steering Committee v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Alaska
Status: Stay motion granted. [ 02/12/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to federal review and approval of an oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

WildEarth Guardians v. Williams

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Parties' settlement approved. [ 04/25/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel compliance with a court order remanding a critical habitat rule for the Canada lynx in the United States.

North Slope Borough v. Ross

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Alaska
Status: Complaint filed. [ 07/24/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel action on a petition to delist the Arctic ringed seal under the Endangered Species Act.

Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/04/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to issue a final determination on the proposed listing of the Humboldt marten as a threatened species.

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Coit

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part. [ 03/31/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the National Marine Fisheries Service’s decision not to list alewife or blueback herring as threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

WildEarth Guardians v. Haaland

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment denied and defendants' cross-motion for summary judgment granted. [ 09/30/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel final determinations on petitions to list five aquatic species under the Endangered Species Act.

Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Ariz.
Status: Notice of appeal filed by federal defendants. [ 06/21/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to biological opinions issued in connection with groundwater pumping by a U.S. Army base in southeastern Arizona.

Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Joint motion to dismiss filed by the parties pursuant to terms of stipulated settlement agreement. [ 07/02/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel a final listing determination on the distinct population segment of the North American wolverine.

Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. La.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 03/19/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make a final determination on the proposed listing of the eastern black rail.

Buffalo Field Campaign v. Williams

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment granted and decision remanded to the Fish and Wildlife Service for further review. [ 01/12/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to denial of request for status review of distinct population segment of Yellowstone bison.

Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Ariz.
Status: Unopposed joint motion filed to approve stipulated settlement agreement and to dismiss case. [ 03/17/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging federal defendants’ failures to take actions to protect the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse.

California Natural Resources Agency v. Ross

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Order issued setting forth interim operations plan. [ 03/14/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to biological opinions for long-term operations of two major water diversion projects in California.