PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY v. CRUICKSHANK

Civil Action No. 10-1067 (RBW) (DAR), Consolidated with Civil Action No. 10-1073, Civil Action No. 10-1079., 10-1238

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSBILITY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DR. WALTER CRUICKSHANK, et al., Defendants, CAPE WIND ASSOCIATES, LLC, Intervenor. ALLIANCE TO PROTECT NANTUCKET SOUND, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DAVID BERNHARDT, et al., Defendants, CAPE WIND ASSOCIATES, LLC, Intervenor. TOWN OF BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, Plaintiff, v. DAVID BERNHARDT, et al., Defendants, CAPE WIND ASSOCIATES, LLC, Intervenor. THE WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD (AQUINNAH), Plaintiff, v. DR. WALTER CRUICKSHANK, et al., Defendants, CAPE WIND ASSOCIATES, LLC, Intervenor.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 2, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 16 U.S.C. § 1538
Cause: 16 U.S.C. § 1538 Endangered Species Act
Nature of Suit: 893 Environmental Matters
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, CETACEAN SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL, LOWER LAGUNA MADRE FOUNDATION, CALIFORNIANS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY & THREE BAYS PRESERVATION, Plaintiffs, represented by Elizabeth Leigh Lewis , EUBANKS & ASSOCIATES, LLC, Benjamin S. Sharp , PERKINS COIE LLP, Jessica Elizabeth Almy , THE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE & William Stewart Eubanks, II , EUBANKS & ASSOCIATES, LLC.

ALLIANCE TO PROTECT NANTUCKET SOUND, Plaintiff, represented by Elizabeth Leigh Lewis , EUBANKS & ASSOCIATES, LLC, Jennifer A. MacLean , PERKINS COIE LLP, Tyler Guy Welti , PERKINS COIE LLP, pro hac vice, Benjamin S. Sharp , PERKINS COIE LLP, Donald Christian Baur , PERKINS COIE LLP, Elisabeth C. Frost , PERKINS COIE LLP, James O. Bickford , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Civil Division, Jessica Elizabeth Almy , THE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE & William Stewart Eubanks, II , EUBANKS & ASSOCIATES, LLC.

CINDY LOWRY & MARTHA POWERS, Plaintiffs, represented by Elizabeth Leigh Lewis , EUBANKS & ASSOCIATES, LLC, Benjamin S. Sharp , PERKINS COIE LLP, Jennifer A. MacLean , PERKINS COIE LLP, Jessica Elizabeth Almy , THE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE & William Stewart Eubanks, II , EUBANKS & ASSOCIATES, LLC.

BARBARA DURKIN, Plaintiff, represented by Elizabeth Leigh Lewis , EUBANKS & ASSOCIATES, LLC, Tyler Guy Welti , PERKINS COIE LLP, pro hac vice, Benjamin S. Sharp , PERKINS COIE LLP, Donald Christian Baur , PERKINS COIE LLP, Jennifer A. MacLean , PERKINS COIE LLP, Jessica Elizabeth Almy , THE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE & William Stewart Eubanks, II , EUBANKS & ASSOCIATES, LLC.

TOWN OF BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, Plaintiff, represented by William Eric Pilsk , KAPLAN KIRSCH ROCKWELL LLP, Benjamin S. Sharp , PERKINS COIE LLP & Charles Alan Spitulnik , KAPLAN KIRSH & ROCKWELL, LLP.

RON BORJESON, JEFF GOOD, NEIL GOOD, ROBERT BUSSIERE, CAMERON DAWSON, PATRICIA J. DINEEN, DAVID MORIARTY, WILLIAM H. RYPKA, RICHARD KLEIN, PAULINE K. KLEIN, HEATHER ROCKWELL, BARBARA JEAN PENNICK, LOU GONZAGA, FRANK CARUSO & JAMES R. POWELL, Plaintiffs, represented by Jennifer A. MacLean , PERKINS COIE LLP, Tyler Guy Welti , PERKINS COIE LLP, pro hac vice, Benjamin S. Sharp , PERKINS COIE LLP, Donald Christian Baur , PERKINS COIE LLP & James O. Bickford , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Civil Division.

JAMES KEDING, Plaintiff, represented by Jennifer A. MacLean , PERKINS COIE LLP, Benjamin S. Sharp , PERKINS COIE LLP, Donald Christian Baur , PERKINS COIE LLP & James O. Bickford , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Civil Division.

RICHARD LARGAY, Plaintiff, represented by Elizabeth Leigh Lewis , EUBANKS & ASSOCIATES, LLC, Benjamin S. Sharp , PERKINS COIE LLP, Jennifer A. MacLean , PERKINS COIE LLP & Jessica Elizabeth Almy , THE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE.

CHRISTOPHER BIRDSEY & CROCKER SNOW, JR., Plaintiffs, represented by Benjamin S. Sharp , PERKINS COIE LLP, Jennifer A. MacLean , PERKINS COIE LLP & Tyler Guy Welti , PERKINS COIE LLP, pro hac vice.

WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD, Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin S. Sharp , PERKINS COIE LLP & Hope Madeline Babcock , GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER.

KENNETH LEE SALAZAR, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, GARY LOCKE, Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce, ERIC C. SCHWAAB, Assistant Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ROBERT J. PAPP, JR., ROWAN GOULD, Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION, AND ENFORCEMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, MERDITH W.B. TEMPLE, Major General in his official capacity as Commanding General, United States Army Corps of Engineers & TOMMY P. BEAUDREAU, Director, U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Defendants, represented by Luther L. Hajek , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Environment and Natural Resources Division, Robert Pendleton Williams , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Environment and Natural Resources Division, Clifford Eugene Stevens, Jr. , U.S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Environmental and Natural Resources, Jessica O'Donnell , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Environment and Natural Resources Division, Kristofor R. Swanson , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Natural Resources Section & Reuben S. Schifman , DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Environment and Natural Resources Division.

U.S. COAST GUARD, Defendant, represented by Luther L. Hajek , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Environment and Natural Resources Division, Robert Pendleton Williams , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Environment and Natural Resources Division, Clifford Eugene Stevens, Jr. , U.S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Environmental and Natural Resources, Kristofor R. Swanson , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Natural Resources Section & Reuben S. Schifman , DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Environment and Natural Resources Division.

WALTER CRUICKSHANK, Defendant, represented by Robert Pendleton Williams , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Environment and Natural Resources Division.

CAPE WIND ASSOCIATES, LLC, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Christopher H. Marraro , BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP, Geraldine E. Edens , MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP & Thomas Edward Hogan , BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP.

CONSERVATION LAW CENTER, Movant, represented by Andrea C. Ferster , Andrea C. Ferster.

CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION, NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL & MASS AUDUBON, Amicuss, represented by Benjamin Longstreth , NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL & Jerome Christian Muys, Jr. , SULLIVAN & WORCESTER LLP.

NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES, Amicus, represented by Elizabeth Sherrill Merritt , NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY, Amicus, represented by Andrea C. Ferster , Andrea C. Ferster & W. William Weeks , CONSERVATION LAW CENTER.

WHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATION, North America (WDC-NA), Amicus, represented by James B. Dougherty , LAW OFFICE OF JAMES B. DOUGHERTY.

CAPE COD MARINE TRADES ASSOCIATION, INC. & MASSACHUSETTS FISHERMEN'S PARTNERSHIP, INC., Amicuss, represented by John Kennedy Fulweiler, Jr. , First Floor, pro hac vice & Todd DeLear Lochner , LOCHNER LAW FIRM, PC.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

This consolidated case comprises four sets of interrelated claims concerning several administrative decisions made by federal agencies approving the construction of various aspects of an offshore wind energy project in Nantucket Sound (the "Cape Wind project")...

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