United States Ninth Circuit

The federal government violated the Endangered Species Act when its plan to operate an irrigation project failed to analyze how it would avoid jeopardy to the coho salmon and its habitat.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/16/2005
• Decided 10/18/2005
• Published 10/18/2005

Judges

• D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge., Before:  D.W. NELSON, W. FLETCHER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kristen L. Boyles (argued), and Michael Mayer (on the briefs), Earthjustice, Seattle, WA, for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• John A. Bryson (argued), and David C. Shilton, S. Jay Govindan (on the briefs), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the appellees., Robin Lee Rivett (argued), and Andrew T. Lloyd, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA;  Russell C. Brooks, Pacific Legal Foundation, Bellevue, WA (on the briefs), for defendant-intervenor-appellees Klamath Water Users Association et al.