DOW AGROSCIENCES v. NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SVC

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Christopher Landau , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, D.C.; David Burton Weinberg , Wiley Rein, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Mark R. Haag , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Stephen Daniel Mashuda , Earthjustice, Seattle, Washington, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Aaron Nielson , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Elbert Lin , Eric Andreas , Wiley Rein, LLP, Washington, D.C.; David Menotti , Warren U. Lehrenbaum , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Robert G. Dreher , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Meredith Flax , United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C.; Pamela B. Lawrence , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, for Appellees National Marine Fisheries Service and James W. Balsiger. Amanda W. Goodin , Earthjustice, Seattle, Washington, for Appellees Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, Institute for Fisheries Resources, and Defenders of Wildlife. William K. Rawson , Claudia M. O'Brien , Stacey L. VanBelleghem , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Supporting Appellants.

Reversed, the agency's biological opinion vacated, and the case remanded by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge AGEE joined.