Legal Opinion
Center for Biological Diversity v. Ross
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 4, 2018No. Civil Action No. 2018-0112Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action Nos. 18-112 (JEB) WILBUR ROSS, et al., 18-283 (JEB) Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Alarmed by the continued decline in the population of the North Atlantic right whale, four environmental and conservation groups have brought these two consolidated cases seeking to reverse that trend. They do so by challenging the National Marine Fisheries Service’s oversight and authorization of the American lobster fishery, an industry Plaintiffs contend contributes heavily to the…
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