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- WildEarth Guardians v. U.S. Department of Interior
WildEarth Guardians v. U.S. Department of Interior
Geography
Year
2014
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
About this case
Filing year
2014
Status
Order issued granting plaintiffs' and defendants' motions for summary judgment in part.
Geography
Docket number
14–270–M–DLC
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States District Court for the District of Montana (D. Mont.)
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → Endangered Species Act and Other Wildlife Protection Statutes (US)
Principal law
United States → Endangered Species Act (ESA)
At issue
Challenge to critical habitat designation for Canadian lynx.
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Documents
Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics
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09/07/2016
Order issued granting plaintiffs' and defendants' motions for summary judgment in part.
The federal district court for the District of Montana ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) should reconsider whether areas in southern Colorado and on national forest lands in Montana and Idaho should be designated as critical habitat for the Canadian lynx. The court rejected, however, a claim by the plaintiffs that FWS erred by not designating areas that could serve as “climate change refugia” in the future. The court said the plaintiffs’ arguments for such designations were at odds with a 2010 decision in which the court rejected essentially the same arguments.
Decision
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12/11/2015
Reply filed by defendants in support of combined cross-motion for summary judgment.
Reply
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Summary
Challenge to critical habitat designation for Canadian lynx.
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Group
Topics
Risk
Just transition
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance