• Wildwest Institute v. Kurth

    Publication Date: 2017-04-28
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Non–Profit
    Date Filed: 2017-04-28
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Dana L. Christensen, Chief Judge, Presiding Before: William A. Fletcher, Ronald M. Gould, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca Kay Smith (argued), Public Interest Defense Center, Missoula, Montana; Timothy M. Bechtold, Bechtold Law Firm, Missoula, Montana; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Robert Parke Stockman (argued), H. Hubert Yang, David C. Shilton, and Andrew C. Mergen, Attorneys; John C. Cruden, Assistant Attorney General; Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Kristin Tita, Office of the Solicitor, Rocky Mountain Region, United States Department of the Interior, Denver, Colorado; for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 14-35431

    Species "listing priority number" not sole factor to be considered in determining whether or not to list it as endangered (Gould, J.)