Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission v. Baxter

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

Between October 1979 and February 1988, the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (“CFEC”) conducted several reviews of appellee Randy Baxter’s application for a limited entry permit to the Southeastern herring gill-net fishery. The CFEC required an applicant to qualify for ten “points” to receive a permit and for seven points to keep an application pending before the CFEC. The CFEC issued a final decision on February 23, 1988, granting Mr. Baxter only five points; accordingly, the CFEC denied Mr. Baxter’s application. The CFEC expressly rejected Baxter’s claim of two…