Cases

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CAUSE OF ACTION INSTITUTE, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 19-1927 (TSC) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Cause of Action Institute has sued Defendant National Oceanic a

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE, Plaintiff v. Civil Action No. 18-47 (CKK) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, et al., Defendants Memorandum Opinion (February 28, 2019) This lawsuit arises from a Freedom of

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) WESTERN TOWBOAT ) COMPANY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 22-2665 (ABJ) ) NATIONAL OCEANI

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LORI MARINO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. No. 18-cv-2750 (DLF) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION The plaintiffs in this case are four individual scientists—Lori Marino, Heather Rall

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AQUALLIANCE, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 17-cv-02108 (CRC) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERERIC ADMINISTRATION, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff AquAlliance submitted a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”)

ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Re: Dkt. Nos. 53, 63, 66 NATHANAEL M. COUSINS, United States Magistrate Judge The Endangered Species Act makes it unlawful for any person to “take” members of an endangered or threatened species. There is an exception: a person may obtain a permit to take a species, if such taking is incidental to the proposed activity and the applicant presents

ORDER VACATING INCIDENTAL TAKE PERMITS, BIOLOGICAL OPINION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT; AND DENYING MOTION FOR INJUNCTION NATHANAEL M. COUSINS, United States Magistrate Judge Having determined that the defendant agencies improperly issued incidental take permits for two threatened species, the Court now considers the appropriate remedy. Vacatur is the standard remedy for unlawful agency decisio

COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, United States District Judge This lawsuit arises from a Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") request that Plaintiff Animal Welfare Institute made to Defendants National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ("NOAA") and National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS"). Plaintiff requested all documents from January 1, 2017 to May 1, 2017, regarding NMFS's determination that the clinical history and necropsy require

630 F.Supp.2d 1222 (2009) LA JOLLA FRIENDS OF THE SEALS, a nonprofit organization; and JameS H.N. Hudnall, Jr., an individual, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE ("NMFS"), an agency of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce; Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce; James W. Balsiger, Acting Director of NMFS; Rodney McInnis, Acting Regional Administrator of NMFS; James Lecky, Director of Office

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT LOUIS GUIROLA, JR., Chief Judge. BEFORE THE COURT are cross-motions for summary judgment filed by the ■ plaintiff, the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies (“IMMS”), and the defendants, the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”), National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and Rebecca M. Blank, acting Secretary of

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT INSTITUTE OF CETACEAN RESEARCH, No. 12-35266 a Japanese research foundation; KYODO SENPAKU KAISHA, LTD., a D.C. No. Japanese corporation; TOMOYUKI 2:11-cv-02043- OGAWA, an individual; TOSHIYUKI RAJ MIURA, an individual, Plaintiffs-Appellants, OPINION v. SEA SHEPHERD CONSE

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON. HENDERSON, Circuit Judge: On April 13, 1990, the Department of Commerce (Department), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), issued a final rule which, in part, bans the use of drift gillnets in the Atlantic King Mackerel Fishery. See 55 Fed.Reg. 14,833 (April

568 F.3d 1028 (2009) Robert M. NELSON; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, an Agency of the United States; et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 07-56424. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. June 4, 2009. Virginia Keeny, Esquire, Dan Stormer, Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick, LLP, Pasadena, CA, for Pla

*940 OPINION M. SMITH, Circuit Judge: Institute of Cetacean Research (Cetacean), Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha, Ltd., To-moyuki Ogawa, and Toshiyuki Miura (collectively, Plaintiffs) filed this contempt proceeding against Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (Sea Shepherd US), its founder Paul

282 F.3d 710 MIDWATER TRAWLERS CO-OPERATIVE; West Coast Seafood Processors Association; Fishermen's Marketing Association, Plaintiffs-Appellants, andState of Oregon; State of Washington, Plaintiffs,v.DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; the National Marine Fisheries Service; Donald Evans, Secretary of Commerce; Penelope D. Dalton, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration; William W. Stelle, Jr., Direc

Ruiz, Senior Judge: These appeals present us with legal issues of first impression concerning the special motion to dismiss created by the District of Columbia’s Anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (Anti-SLAPP) Act, D.C. Code §§ 16-5501 to - 5505 (2012 Repl.): whether denial of a special motion to dismiss is immediately appealable and the standard applicable in

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL, INC., Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 23-2113 (JDB) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION This case concerns a peer review committee convened by the National Academy of Sciences (the “Academy” or “NAS”) un

Opinion by Judge BETTY B. FLETCHER; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge SILER. ORDER WITHDRAWING OPINION AND OPINION ORDER The opinion filed on November 15, 2007 and published at 508 F.3d 508 (9th Cir.2007), is hereby vacated and withdrawn. Respondents’ petition for rehearing with suggestion for rehearing en banc is denied *1178

Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the Atlantic and Maryland Reporters. Users are requested to notify the Clerk of the Court of any formal errors so that corrections may be made before the bound volumes go to press. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS No. 14-CV-101 COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE AND RAND SIMBERG, APPELLANTS, V. MICHAEL E. M

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE, a  California non-profit corporation; THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES; THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, a New York non-profit corporation; DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, a District of Columbia nonprofit corporation; No. 04-17018 ANIMAL FUND, a California D.C. No. nonprofit corporation; THE