Legal Opinion
Conservation Law Foundation v. Ross
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 28, 2019No. Civil Action No. 2018-1087Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 18-1087 (JEB) WILBUR ROSS, in his official capacity as Secretary of Commerce, et al., Defendants, and FISHERIES SURVIVAL FUND, Defendant-Intervenor. MEMORANDUM OPINION Demonstrating that “there is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men,” Herman Melville, Moby Dick 262 (W.W. Norton & Co. 1967) (1851), humans have brought the North Atlantic right whale to the brink of extinction. As of the release of this Opinion, only about 400…
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