Bonrud v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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• agency “acted arbitrarily and capriciously and not in accordance with the law” in renewing water contracts prior to completing required endangered species consultations
• contract renewals constitute ongoing agency activity invoking the consultation provisions of the ESA
• authority to set project rates during contract negotiations is source of discretion
• “Before initiating any agency action in an area that contains threatened or endangered species or a critical habitat, the agency must (1) make an independent determination of whether its action ‘may affect’ a protected species or habitat, or (2) initiate a formal consultation”
• contract rescission permissible for procedural violation of section 7(d)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).