Bennett v. Spear

ELR Citation: ELR 20824
No(s). 95-813 (U.S. Mar 19, 1997)

The U.S. Supreme Court holds that ranchers and irrigation districts have standing to challenge a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) biological opinion recommending that the Bureau of Reclamation maintain minimum reservoir levels to protect endangered fish. The court first holds that the Endangered...