Legal Opinion
United States v. Louis Delahoussaye, David Lemoyne Knerien and Robert Lee Richard
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 15, 1978No. 77-5475PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Appellants were convicted of violating two federal regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to statutory authority conferred on him by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 16 U.S.C. § 703 et seq. These are designed to conserve migratory game, such as the ducks here concerned, by regulating the means employed in taking them. The regulations here in point 1 generally forbid the use of live decoys (callers) and the use of grain or the like as artificial bait. They read, in pertinent part:
No person shall take migratory game birds:(f) By the use or aid of live…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- United States v. OlesenDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1961
3Cited by41 opinions
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