Legal Opinion
Personal Watercraft Industry Ass'n v. Department of Commerce
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 3, 1995No. Nos. 93-5336 & 93-5348PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:
These are cross-appeals from the district court’s judgment setting aside one of the regulations designed to protect and preserve the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off the central California coast. The regulation governs the use of “motorized personal watercraft” — jet skis, wet bikes, miniature speed boats, air boats, hovercraft, and the like — on the Sanctuary’s waters. The district court thought it arbitrary to regulate this sort of small craft without regulating other vessels. We reverse this portion of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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