3 Judge Panel Approves Texas Ability to Regulate Lizard. 3 Key Points.

• A 3 judge panel in DC sided with regulators who had previously agreed to Texas’ regulation of the dunes sagebrush lizard over additional federal regulations
• When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declined to list the lizard as an endangered species in 2010, the Defenders of Wildlife and Center for Biological Diversity sued.
• Trial court dismissed the suit on summary judgement and the appellate court agreed.

Courthouse News Service | Texas given reins over rare lizard

Statesman | Appeals court upholds Texas’ controversial plan to protect dune lizard