Mealey's (November 30, 2017, 9:03 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Supreme Court review of a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling allowing the U.S. population of the bearded seal to be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is not warranted because the decision was proper and aligns with other such decisions, federal government respondents say in a Nov. 27 brief in opposition (State of Alaska, et al. v. Wilbur L. Ross, et al., No. 17-118, Alaska Oil and Gas Association, et al. v. Wilbur L. Ross, et al., No. 17-133, U.S. Sup.)....