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<br />11/03/98 nlE 08: H FA! 303 231 5363 <br /> <br />SOLICITOR;DDYER <br /> <br />002537 <br /> <br />~029 <br /> <br />DEVELOPMENTS IN ENDANGERED SPECIE'S ACT <br />CASE LAW <br /> <br />Eileen Sobeck <br />Ch:i.ei' <br />Wild~ife and Ma~ine ~sources Section <br />Envi:on=en~ and Natura~ Resources Section <br />U. S. De;par'tmetl1:. of .1USeiC:1iI <br /> <br />MaZ'c:b 1998 <br /> <br />!. ~t1CnON <br /> <br />This outline p~ovidas a saleetive overview of ESA: litigation <br />trends by summarizing SQmB recent significant decisions, as <br />well as Lmpor~ant pen~q_9~,es that.are likely to be <br />decided in the nclxt few months. '.' . .. . <br />r" . " . ", <br /> <br />IX. ESA SBCTION 4 <br /> <br />A. Lillt:.i2ig <br /> <br />1 . Jl:!ssed lJe4dJ.i.z1e/?iWS L.:ist:i.ng Pr.io;d, 1;y GuidaZ1ce Cases <br /> <br />~d fo~ ~~1g Yo B&bb~t~ - (D.D.C., Civ. No <br />92-0800 55) (Stipulation dated January 21, 1997) <br />1997 stipulation modified a prior settlement <br />ag.reement design.d to "resolve the backloq of <br />candidate species. Onder the stipulation FWS <br />agreed to rellolve the conservation status of 41 <br />candidate species by April 199B; and the rema1nde~ <br />by December 1999. <br /> <br />ZDvi~cameDtal Qefense Cecber v. aabb~tt, 73 F.3d <br />S6~ ,(9th Cir. 1995) (Rea-legged <br />frog) The Court of ~ppeala found <br />~hat,the.S~cretary had a mandatory, <br />nond~~e~etion~ry duty to act on <br />proposed rule ~ithin one year of <br />date ot publication; (2) <br />approp.iations rider did not remove <br />SecretarY'~ duty; (3) rider did not <br />repeal 0= modify listing provisions <br />..... 'of ESA;'; but (4) rider did pre'7ent <br />