A district court denied citizen groups' motion to stay or preliminarily enjoin further construction on an offshore wind farm off the coast of New York and New Jersey. The groups argued the…
A district court granted summary judgment for an environmental group in a challenge to the Forest Service's authorization of a project to eradicate rainbow trout and replace them with…
A district court granted summary judgment for environmental groups in a challenge to FWS' 2022 ESA rule affirming a 2013 rule that listed the streaked horned lark as a threatened species and…
The D.C. Circuit affirmed summary judgment for FWS in a challenge to its rejection of a petition to remove the southwestern willow flycatcher from the list of endangered subspecies. A group of…
A district court granted in part and denied in part summary judgment for property owners in a challenge to FWS' 2020 final rule designating ESA critical habitat for the black pinesnake.…
A district court granted FWS' motion to vacate and remand its 2022 rule listing the northern distinct population segment (DPS) lesser prairie-chicken as threatened and the southern DPS of the…
A district court ruled for environmental groups in a challenge to FWS' 2024 finding that listing a distinct population segment (DPS) of gray wolves in the western United States under the ESA…
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…
A district court granted in part and denied in part summary judgment for conservation groups in a challenge to FWS' approval of a watershed restoration project in the Mattamuskett National…