Legal Opinion
Chinatown Neighborhood Assn v. Kamala Harris
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 27, 2015No. 14-15781PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge HURWITZ; Dissent by Judge REINHARDT.
OPINION
HURWITZ, Circuit Judge:
California’s “Shark Fin Law” makes it “unlawful for any person to possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin” in the state. Cal. Fish & Game Code § 2021(b). The plaintiffs in this action claim that the Shark Fin Law violates the Supremacy Clause by interfering with the national government’s authority to manage fishing in the ocean off the California coast, and the dormant Commerce Clause by interfering with interstate commerce in shark fins. The district court dismissed the plaintiffs’…
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