Ridenour v. Furness

I respectfully dissent. This appeal should be dismissed as moot.

At the outset, I think it appropriate to voice my disagreement with the conclusion of the majority that the commercial fishermen do not have a cognizable legal interest so as to permit a challenge to the validity or reasonableness of the Department’s emergency regulation. Presumably, the majority would not permit these plaintiffs to challenge the regulation even if it were patently unconstitutional. I conclude otherwise.

To be sure, the licenses under which the commercial fishermen operate are revocable and the use of such…