The D.C. Circuit affirmed dismissal of a challenge to an FWS rule downlisting the American burying beetle from endangered to threatened and to its ESA §4(d) rule establishing protections for…

A district court denied environmental groups' motion for a preliminary injunction in a challenge to the Forest Service's and FWS' approval of a logging project in Flathead National Forest. The…

A district court granted in part and denied in part environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers' and FWS' permitting of a proposed multi-use…

In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for NMFS in Alaska's challenge to the Service's negative 90-day finding on the state's petition to delist the Arctic ringed…

A district court granted summary judgment for environmental groups in a challenge to FWS' decision not to designate critical habitat for the eastern black rail. The groups argued the determination…

A district court granted in part environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit concerning their 2017 petition to FWS to revise the critical habitat for the endangered Mount Graham…

A district court denied a shrimping advocacy group's motion for summary judgment in a challenge to NMFS' 2019 rule requiring turtle excluder devices on skimmer trawl vessels greater than 40 feet…

A district court granted summary judgment for an environmental group in a challenge to FWS' 2023 12-month finding that Joshua trees were not warranted for listing under the ESA for the "…

A district court granted summary judgment for landowners and a coalition of counties in a challenge to FWS' issuance of an ESA Section 4(d) Rule alongside its listing of the northern distinct…

A district court granted in part summary judgment for an environmental group in a lawsuit concerning ESA §7 consultations on six pesticides. The group argued FWS violated the ESA by unreasonably…