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Ninth Circuit Modifies Approach to Mandatory Injunctive Relief in Certain Cases Under Endangered Species Act

In a precedential decision, the Ninth Circuit recently modified its approach to mandatory injunctive relief in Endangered Species Act (ESA) cases involving multiple species.  The court, in San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper et al. v. County of San Luis Obispo, No. 24-7807 (9th Cir. Dec. 3, 2025), held that “when mandatory injunctive relief under the ESA may benefit one protected species at the expense of other protected species, a court must consider competing equities and the public interest as to those other species.”

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