Legal Opinion
Turtle Island Restoration Network v. Evans
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 21, 2002No. Nos. 00-1569, 00-1581 and 00-1582PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.
This case concerns the implementation of section 609(b) of Public Law 101-162, which prohibits the import of shrimp which have been harvested with fishing technology that may harm sea turtles. Despite having ruled that the government’s regulations implementing section 609(b) were not in accordance with that statute, the Court of International Trade refused to enter an injunction directing the government to comply with the law. Plaintiffs, a coalition of environmental organizations and concerned citizens (“Turtle Island”), appeal the Court of International Trade’s…
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