Legal Opinion
United States v. Jerry D. Mitchell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1977No. 76-2908PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This appeal turns on whether the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA), 16 U.S.C. § 1361 et seq., and related regulations, 50 C.F.R. § 216.11 (1974), apply to an American citizen taking dolphins within the territorial waters of a foreign sovereign state. The defendant-appellant, Jerry Mitchell, is an American citizen convicted of violating the Act by capturing 21 dolphins within the three-mile limit of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. We hold that the criminal prohibitions of the Act do not reach conduct in the territorial waters of a foreign sovereignty. We…
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