Legal Opinion
Medeiros v. Atlantic States Mari
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 12, 2005No. 04-1841PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.
Stephen P. Medeiros appeals from a district court order dismissing the complaint he filed against the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), and the United States, challenging the constitutionality of a DEM regulation restricting the number of lobsters which may be harvested by methods other than lobster traps. We affirm the district court order.
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BACKGROUND
In 1942, with congressional approval, fifteen Atlantic coast states, as well as the District of Columbia, entered into a compact pursuant…
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