Forum
U.S. Supreme Court
Case Status
Decided
Docket Number
Term
2018 Term
Oral Argument Date
October 01, 2018
Lower Court Opinion
Questions Presented
1. Whether the Endangered Species Act prohibits designation of private land as unoccupied critical habitat that is neither habitat nor essential to species conservation.
2. Whether an agency decision not to exclude an area from critical habitat because of the economic impact of designation is subject to judicial review.
Case Updates
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Weyerhaeuser in challenge to government’s designation of private land as “critical” habitat under the Endangered Species Act
November 27, 2018
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of Weyerhaeuser in a case concerning whether the government could designate private land in Louisiana as “critical habitat” for an endangered species—the “dusky gopher frog”—even though the land is not currently habitat (we understand no frogs have lived there since 1965) and apparently could not be habitat without significant alteration.
U.S. Chamber files merits stage amicus brief urging Supreme Court to reverse Fifth Circuit’s deference to Fish & Wildlife Service interpretation of Endangered Species Act under Chevron
April 30, 2018
Click here to view the Chamber’s brief.
Aaron M. Streett of Baker Botts L.L.P. and Shane Pennington of Yetter Coleman LLP served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Cert. petition granted
January 22, 2018
U.S. Chamber urges Supreme Court to review Endangered Species Act challenge
August 14, 2017
Click here to view the Chamber’s brief.
Aaron M. Streett and Shane Pennington of Baker Botts L.L.P. served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commercce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Case Documents
- Lower Court Decision -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Fifth Circuit).pdf
- Cert. Petition -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- American Farm Bureau Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Cato Institute Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Eighteen States Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Energy and Wildlife Action Coalition Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Mountain States Legal Foundation Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- National Association of Home Builders Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- San Juan County, Utah Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Southeastern Legal Foundation Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Washington Legal Foundation Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief for Federal Respondents in Opposition -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Intervenor-Respondents' Brief in Opposition -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Reply Brief for Petitioner -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief for Petitioner -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Joint Appendix -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief of Respondents -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Coalition for a Sustainable Delta Amicus Brief, et al. -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Centerfor Constitutional Jurisprudence Amicus Brief Weyerhaeuser Companyv U S Fishand Wildlife Service U S Supreme Court
- Southeastern Legal Foundation Amicus Brief Weyerhaeuser Companyv U S Fishand Wildlife Service U S Supreme Court
- St. Tammany Parish Government Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Wyoming Stock Growers Association, et al. Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Cause of Action Institute Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- NFIB Small Business Legal Center, et al. Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- San Juan County Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- American Farm Bureau Federation, et al. Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Cato Institute, et al. Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court) .pdf
- Respondents Reply Brief on the Merits -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Reply Brief for Petitioner -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Transcript of Oral Argument -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Opinion -- Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf