Legal Opinion
Center for Biological Diversity v. Ross
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 31, 2019No. 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 No. 18-112 (JEB) WILBUR ROSS, in his official capacity as Secretary of Commerce, et al., Defendants, and MASSACHUSETTS LOBSTERMEN’S ASSOCIATION, INC., Defendant-Intervenor. MEMORANDUM OPINION As this dispute about the effects of lobster fishing on the North Atlantic right whale sails along its charted course, the Government Defendants ask the Court to heave to and stay the suit pending their promulgation of two new conservation measures that they claim will moot the…
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