Environmental & Energy
Jan. 13, 2015
Prairie dogs vs. Congress
A recent ruling by a Utah federal judge, although directed at the Endangered Species Act, may have far-reaching implications on Congress' commerce clause powers.
Joshua A. Bloom
Principal
Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson PLC
environmental law
555 12th St Ste 1500
Oakland , CA 94607
Phone: (800) 464-3559
Fax: (510) 444-1108
Email: jbloom@meyersnave.com
University of San Francisco School of Law
Joshua is in the firm's Land Use and Environmental Law Practice Groups. With more than 25 years of experience, he specializes in all areas of state and federal environmental and natural resources law, including complex environmental litigation, brownfields, environmental aspects of transactional matters, and compliance counseling, representing both public and private clients.
David M. Metres
Principal
Beveridge & Diamond
333 Bush St Ste 1500
San Francisco , CA 94104
Phone: (415) 262-4000
Email: dmetres@bdlaw.com
David practices in all major areas of environmental litigation and compliance counseling, focusing on Superfund investigation and remediation, endangered species and natural resources policy and permitting, and water quality and supply for both surface water and groundwater.
A recent ruling by a Utah federal judge, although directed at the Endangered Species Act (ESA), may have far-reaching implications on Congress' commerce clause powers. In a first-of-its-kind ruling, U.S. District Judge Dee Benson struck down the application of the ESA to a species - the Utah prairie dog - whose habitat is wholly within a single state. People for the Ethical Treatment of Property Owners v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv., 13-00278 (D. Utah Nov. 4, 2014) ("PETPO")...
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