Pacific Northwest Venison Producers v. Smitch

SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Pacific Northwest Venison Producers and several of its members (collectively, “PNVP”) appeal the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the Washington Department of Wildlife and the Washington State Wildlife Commission (collectively, “Department of Wildlife” or “Department”), upholding the constitutionality of the Department’s regulations banning the private ownership and exchange of several species of wildlife. We affirm.

FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

In January 1991, the Department of Wildlife promulgated regulations that prohibit the “importation,…