Before the Court in Weyerhaeuser v. FWS
The Justices Weigh in on Critical Habitats for Endagered Species
At 10:06 a.m. on October 1, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for case No. 17-71, Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. At 11:08 a.m. the arguments concluded, and the case was submitted for judgement. Following are excerpts from the arguments of Timothy S. Bishop on behalf of the Petitioner and Edwin S. Kneedler, deputy solicitor general, on behalf of the Respondents. Questions are from the eight Supreme Court justices. Argument on behalf of Weyerhaeuser Company JUSTICE KAGAN: I guess what strikes me about the statute, Mr. Bishop, is that really all over the…
