ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20146
No(s). 13-40317 (5th Cir. Jun 30, 2014)

The Fifth Circuit reversed a lower court decision barring the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) from issuing new permits to withdraw water from rivers that feed the estuary where wild whooping cranes make their winter home. In that case, the district court held that TCEQ violated ESA ...