Roxane Laboratories, Inc. v. Smithkline Beecham Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the Service’s historical approach for determining what might be a significant portion of range first considers whether there are any areas within the species’ range where threats are concentrated
• finding that “an evaluation of threats depends on habitat preferences and species-specific characteristics”
• “Because the phrase is ambiguous, the [FWS] has a wide degree of discretion in determining whether the [species] is in danger ‘throughout a significant portion of its range’ ”
• “The [agency’s] assessment of the ‘foreseeable future’ is typically based on the timeframes over which the best available scientific data allow [the agency] to reliably assess threats and the species’ response to those threats....’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).