Legal Opinion
Fishermen's Dock Cooperative, Inc. v. Brown
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided November 4, 1994No. Civ. A. 2:94cv338PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
DOUMAR, District Judge.
Plaintiffs bring this action challenging the 1994 commercial catch quotas for summer flounder set by the Secretary of Commerce, Ronald H. Brown, and his designees, and asking that the quota be set aside. For the reasons discussed below, this Court finds that the plaintiffs’ request should be GRANTED; accordingly, the 1994 commercial catch quota is invalidated to the extent that it deviates downward from the figure reached using the best scientific information available, which was 19.05 million pounds for 1994.
Factual Background
Plaintiffs are a coalition…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- C & W Fish Company, Inc. v. William W. Fox, Jr., Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
- National Fisheries Institute, Inc. v. MosbacherDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1990
- Parravano v. BabbittDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1993
- State of Maine v. Juanita M. KrepsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- Association of American Physicians & Surgeons, Inc. v. ClintonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1993
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3Cited by4 opinions
- JH Miles & Co., Inc. v. BrownDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1995
- Fishermen's Dock Cooperative, Inc. v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
- Connecticut v. DaleyDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1999
- Fishermen's Dock Co-op., Inc. v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996