Court Ordered Listings: Center for Biological Diversity v. Fish and Game Commission

摘要

On December 10, 2008, the Supreme Court of California denied a petition for review, thus allowing the court of appeal's decision to stand. Pursuant to this ruling, in February 2009 the Commission finally accepted the Center's petition to list the CTS as a candidate species in a 3-2 vote. This close decision, despite the court's mandate to list the CTS, underscored the resentment against the court of appeal's decision, with one of the Commissioners even referring to the judges that issued the petition acceptance order as being '"jerks' and 'stupid.'"