Legal Opinion
Western Sea Fishing Co., Inc. v. Locke
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 13, 2010No. Civil Action 07-10699-WGYPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, District Judge.
This case, at its heart, requires this Court to analyze the conservation goal of fishery management, a matter committed by statute to an executive agency, and then determine whether a group of New England fishermen may continue to fish for herring, the “silver darlings” of song and folklore. The fishermen “caught in the regulatory net” 1 have been denied the necessary permits and will no longer be able to fish for their targeted species.
These fishermen come to this Court seeking to invalidate so much of the Secretary of Commerce’s (the “Secretary”)…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation v. Environmental Protection AgencySupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Calvi v. Knox CountyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- Associated Fisheries of Maine, Inc. v. DaleyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Tempest Fisheries v. LockeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
- Natural Resources Defense Council v. National Marine Fisheries ServiceDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
- Tebo v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2012
- Guindon v. PritzkerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2017
- Mehic v. Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2018
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