ELR Citation: ELR 20693
No(s). 00-16020 (9th Cir. Jun 20, 2001)

The court holds that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS') petition management guidance policy violated the plain terms of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and that the Secretary of the Interior improperly relied on the policy when she refused to issue 12-month findings in response to the grou...