U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service v. Sierra Club
U.S. Supreme Court · decided March 4, 2021 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- March 4, 2021
- Term
- October Term 2020
- Vote
- 7–2
- Majority author
- Justice Barrett
- Issue area
- Privacy
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
3/5/2021 9:51:28 AM Compare Results Old File: New File: 19-547.pdf 19-547_new.pdf versus 20 pages (131 KB) 20 pages (131 KB) 3/2/2021 5:06:39 PM 3/5/2021 9:49:19 AM Total Changes Content Styling and Annotations 0 1 Replacements 0 Styling 1 Insertion 0 Annotations 0 Deletions Go to First Change (page 20) file://NoURLProvided[3/5/2021 9:51:28 AM] (Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2020 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ET AL. v. SIERRA CLUB, INC. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 19–547. Argued November 2, 2020—Decided March 4, 2021 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule in 2011 re- garding “cooling water intake structures” used to cool industrial equip- ment. 76 Fed. Reg. 22174 . Because aquatic wildlife can become trapped in these intake structures and die, the Endangered Species Act of 1973 required the EPA to consult with the U. S. Fish and Wild- life Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries…
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