February 12, 2018
The Ninth Circuit on Monday overturned a lower court and said that the federal government did not err when it used climate change predictions as part of its reasoning to classify a ringed seal subspecies as threatened, deciding that the determination was "supported by the record."
March 24, 2017
The state of Alaska, oil and gas industry groups, regional communities and Native corporations urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to uphold a federal judge's ruling undoing the U.S. government's decision to list the Arctic ringed seal as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act.
November 02, 2016
The Center for Biological Diversity on Tuesday urged the Ninth Circuit to override an Alaska federal judge and reinstate the Arctic ringed seal as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act, saying the appeals court need look no further than its recent ruling on the Pacific bearded seal for the reasons to do so.
October 18, 2016
The federal government on Monday asked the Ninth Circuit to uphold its decision to list a ringed seal subspecies as "threatened," arguing a lower court applied the wrong legal standard in its decision to strike down the subspecies' threatened status.