Case Name: MARKLE INTERESTS, L.L.C.; P&F Lumber Company 2000, L.L.C.; PF Monroe Properties, L.L.C., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE; Daniel M. Ashe, Director of United States Fish & Wildlife Service, in his official capacity; United States Department of Interior; Sally Jewell, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Interior, Defendants-Appellees, Center for Biological Diversity; Gulf Restoration Network, Intervenor Defendants-Appellees; Weyerhaeuser Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Daniel M. Ashe, Director of United States Fish & Wildlife Service, in his official capacity; Sally Jewell, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Interior, Defendants-Appellees, Center for Biological Diversity; Gulf Restoration Network, Intervenor Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-02-13
Citations: 848 F.3d 635
Docket Number: No. 14-31008 Cons. w/ 14-31021
Parties: MARKLE INTERESTS, L.L.C.; P&F Lumber Company 2000, L.L.C.; PF Monroe Properties, L.L.C., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE; Daniel M. Ashe, Director of United States Fish & Wildlife Service, in his official capacity; United States Department of Interior; Sally Jewell, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Interior, Defendants-Appellees, Center for Biological Diversity; Gulf Restoration Network, Intervenor Defendants-Appellees. Weyerhaeuser Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Daniel M. Ashe, Director of United States Fish & Wildlife Service, in his official capacity; Sally Jewell, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Interior, Defendants-Appellees, Center for Biological Diversity; Gulf Restoration Network, Intervenor Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before REAVLEY, OWEN, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 848
Pages: 635–655

Head Matter:
MARKLE INTERESTS, L.L.C.; P&F Lumber Company 2000, L.L.C.; PF Monroe Properties, L.L.C., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE; Daniel M. Ashe, Director of United States Fish & Wildlife Service, in his official capacity; United States Department of Interior; Sally Jewell, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Interior, Defendants-Appellees, Center for Biological Diversity; Gulf Restoration Network, Intervenor Defendants-Appellees. Weyerhaeuser Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Daniel M. Ashe, Director of United States Fish & Wildlife Service, in his official capacity; Sally Jewell, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Interior, Defendants-Appellees, Center for Biological Diversity; Gulf Restoration Network, Intervenor Defendants-Appellees.
No. 14-31008 Cons. w/ 14-31021
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
February 13, 2017
Malcolm Reed Hopper, Esq., Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant Markle Interests, L.L.C.
Edward B. Poitevent, II, Metairie, LA, Brian Michael Ballay, Esq., Baker, Donel-son, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., New Orleans, LA, Plaintiffs-Appellants P&F Lumber Company 2000, L.L.C. and PF Monroe Properties, L.L.C.
David C. Shilton, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Mary Elisabeth Hollings-worth, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Luther Langon Hajek, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Denver, CO, for Defendants-Appellees.
Collette Lucille Adkins, Center for Biological Diversity, Circle Pines, MN, John Buse, Center for Biological Diversity, Oakland, CA, Elizabeth Grace Livingston de Calderon, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, for Intervenór Defendants-Appellees.
Paul Korman, Tyson Kade, Van Ness Feldman, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for American Farm Bureau Federation, National Alliance of Forest Owners, and National Association of Home Builders, Amici Curiae.
Andrew Lynn Brasher, Deputy Solicitor, Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for State of Alabama, State of Alaska, State of Arkansas, State of Georgia, State of Idaho, State of Kansas, State of Louisiana, State of Montana, State of Nevada, State of North Dakota, State of Ohio, State of Oklahoma, State of South Carolina, State of Texas, and State of Wyoming, Amici Curiae.
Before REAVLEY, OWEN, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:
The court having been polled at the request of one of its members, and a majority of the judges who are in regular active service and not disqualified not having voted in favor (Fed. R. App. P. 35 and 5th Cir. R. 35), the Petition for Rehearing En Banc is DENIED. In the en banc poll, six judges voted in favor of rehearing (Judges Jolly, Jones, Smith, Clement, Owen, and Elrod) and eight judges voted against rehearing (Chief Judge Stewart and Judges Dennis, Prado, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson, and Costa). Judge Jones, joined by Judges Jolly, Smith, Clement, Owen, and Elrod, dissents from the court's denial of rehearing en banc, and her dissent is attached.