Legal Opinion
National Coalition for Marine Conservation v. Evans
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 31, 2002No. CIV.A.99-1692(RWR). No. CIV.A.00-2086(RWR), No. CIV.A.00-3096(RWR)PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROBERTS, District Judge.
Plaintiffs in these consolidated cases are non-profit and 'other organizations involved in marine conservation, or recreational or commercial pelagic longline fishing, that bring divergent challenges to certain of the Commerce Secretary’s 1 regulations implementing the final 1999 Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan. Plaintiffs National Coalition for Marine Conservation (“National Coalition”), The Billfish Foundation and A Fisherman’s Best, and the federal defendants, each have filed cross-motions for summary judgment. 2 Because the…
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