Weyerhaeuser Co. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Serv.

Decided November 27, 2018. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 17-71 · 586 U.S. 9 (2018) · Cited 142 times

Holding

An area is eligible for designation as “critical habitat” under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 only if it is habitat for the listed species; and the Secretary of the Interior’s decision not to exclude an area from critical habitat under 16 U. S. C. §1533(b)(2) is subject to judicial review.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
• Lincoln v. Vigil · 508 U.S. 182 (1993)
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136 (1967)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Heckler v. Chaney · 470 U.S. 821 (1985)
• National Ass'n of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife · 551 U.S. 644 (2007)
• Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers · 482 U.S. 270 (1987)
• Judulang v. Holder · 565 U.S. 42 (2011)
• MacH Mining, LLC v. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n · 575 U.S. 480 (2015)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Department of Commerce v. New York · 588 U.S. 752 (2019)
• Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson · 587 U.S. 435 (2019)
• Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr · 589 U.S. 221 (2020)
• Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc. · 586 U.S. 334 (2019)
• McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp. · 606 U.S. 146 (2025)
• Feliciano v. Department Of Transportation · 605 U.S. 38 (2025)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2018). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).