Legal Opinion
Gibbs v. Babbitt
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 20, 2000No. 99-1218PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL joined. Judge LUTTIG wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge:
In' this case we ask whether the national government can act to conserve scarce natural resources of value to our entire country. Appellants challenge the constitutionality of a Fish and Wildlife Service regulation that limits the taking of red wolves on private land. The district court *487upheld the regulation as a valid exercise of federal power under the Commerce Clause. We now affirm because the regulated…
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