Weekly Cases Update Volume 44, Issue 11

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Volume 44, Issue 25

Markle Interests, LLC v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service
ELR 20192No. 13-234(E.D. La., )

A district court upheld FWS' designation of 1,544 acres of a privately owned tree farm in Louisiana as critical habitat essential for the conservation of the dusky gopher frog, an endangered species.

Keywords:
Critical habitat designation, Wildlife (generally)
Mc Allen Grace Brethren Church v. Salazar
ELR 20194No. 13-40326(5th Cir., )

The Fifth Circuit held that DOI's ban on owning bald eagle feathers under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).

Keywords:
Taking, possessing, or offering to sell bald or golden eagle parts, 16 U.S.C. §688
Minisink Residents for Environmental Preservation & Safety v. Federal Energy Regulatory Comm'n
ELR 20190No. 12-1481(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit denied residents' petitions for review challenging FERC's approval of a new natural gas compressor station in their town.

Keywords:
Energy (generally), Energy resource projects
South Carolina Public Service Authority v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
ELR 20197No. 12-1232(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit upheld FERC Order No. 1000, in which it adopted reforms to electric transmission planning and cost allocation.

Keywords:
Energy (generally), Electric transmission facility siting
Sierra Club v. Jewell
ELR 20193No. 12-5383(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit held that environmental groups have standing to challenge DOI's decision to remove the Blair Mountain Battlefield—the site of a large 1921 coal miner uprising in West Virginia—from the National Register of Historic Places.

Keywords:
Historic Preservation, Held satisfied

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