Arizona Cattle Growers’ Ass’n v. Salazar

Linked with:

• Home Builders Ass’n of Northern California v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Issue: 1) Whether the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) was required to analyze and consider all of the economic impacts that result from designating a particular area as a "critical habitat" under § 4(b)(2) of the Endangered Species Act, including impacts that also may be related to the species being listed as "threatened" or "endangered"; and 2) whether it is lawful for a court to substitute its own rationale for the rationale provided by the FWS to affirm the agency's determination that a particular area, designated as a "critical habitat," is occupied by a threatened or endangered species.

Briefs and Documents

Certiorari-stage documents

• Opinion below (9th Circuit) _
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition for the federal respondents
• Brief in opposition for the Center for Biological Diversity
• Amicus brief of the Association of California Water Agencies
• Amicus brief of New Mexico Cattle Growers' Association et al.