Markle Interests, L.L.C., et al v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, et al
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April 04, 2019
5th Circ. Remands Dusky Gopher Frog Habitat Case
The Fifth Circuit is letting a district court decide whether to let the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reevaluate whether a 1,500-acre piece of Louisiana land owned by timber company Weyerhauser Co. should be classified as critical habitat for the endangered dusky gopher frog.
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March 28, 2019
FWS Asks 5th Circ. To Remand Dusky Frog Habitat Case
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service asked the Fifth Circuit to allow it to reconsider its determination that a 1,500-acre piece of land in Louisiana was critical habitat for the dusky gopher frog in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year.
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January 01, 2019
Environmental Cases To Watch In 2019
Law360 takes a look at some of the biggest environmental cases to watch in 2019, including U.S. Supreme Court battles over the Clean Water Act, a Fifth Circuit Endangered Species Act lawsuit and a challenge to President Donald Trump's move to shrink two national monuments.
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February 14, 2017
5th Circ. Won't Hear La. Frog Habitat Fight En Banc
The Fifth Circuit's vote not to rehear en banc an Endangered Species Act case involving the dusky gopher frog drew a spirited dissent on Tuesday from six judges who said that the panel had imitated the frog's behavior — "playing dead and covering their eyes."
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August 29, 2016
Full 5th Circ. Needn't Hear Endangered Frog Row, Feds Say
The federal government on Friday told the Fifth Circuit it should not grant en banc review of a panel's upholding a decision to declare about 1,600 acres of private property in Louisiana as a refuge for the endangered dusky gopher frog.
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August 08, 2016
States Ask Full 5th Circ. To Reverse La. Frog Habitat Ruling
Fifteen states on Friday told the Fifth Circuit it should grant en banc review of a panel decision upholding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to declare about 1,600 acres of private property in Louisiana as a refuge for the endangered dusky gopher frog.
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July 01, 2016
5th Circ. Upholds La. Frog Habitat Decision
The Fifth Circuit on Thursday rejected timber giant Weyerhaeuser Co.'s appeal of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to declare 1,600 acres of private property in Louisiana as a refuge for the endangered dusky gopher frog.
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June 02, 2015
La. Land Inessential To Rare Frog's Survival, 5th Circ. Told
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service overstepped its authority when it converted a 1,600-acre tract of private property in Louisiana into a refuge for the endangered dusky gopher frog because the land is not essential to the frog's survival, a lawyer for timber giant Weyerhaeuser Co. told the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday.
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January 05, 2015
Enviros Urge 5th Circ. To Uphold La. Frog Habitat Decision
Environmentalists on Monday urged the Fifth Circuit to reject timber giant Weyerhaeuser Co.'s appeal of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to declare 1,600 acres of private property in Louisiana as a refuge for the endangered dusky gopher frog.
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December 04, 2014
Endangered Frog Not Welcome On Private Land, 5th Circ. Told
Landowners led by timber giant Weyerhaeuser Co. urged the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday to quash the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's effort to use 1,600 acres of their property as a refuge for the endangered dusky gopher frog, arguing the land isn't a suitable habitat and that the move will cost them millions.