In 2012, the FWS published a final rule designating 1,544 acres of private land in Louisiana as "critical habitat" for the endangered dusky gopher frog (SCOTUSBlog). The dusky gopher frog is not found on that land, and Weyerhaeuser Company is asking the Supreme Court to rule on whether the FWS has the authority to designate that private land as "critical habitat" when that land is neither a "habitat" nor "critical" to the species in question (SCOTUSBlog). The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its decision in its 2018 term, but if it does not, the question will resolve as no.

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This question closed as "No" with an end date of 27 November 2018. _{See our FAQ to learn about how we resolve questions and how scores are calculated.}