Legal Opinion
Flaherty v. Locke
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 26, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2011-0660Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MICHAEL S. FLAHERTY et al., Plaintiffs, v. GINA RAIMONDO et al., Civil Action No. 11-660 (TJK) Defendants,1 and SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES COALITION, Defendant-Intervenor. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs Michael Flaherty, Captain Alan Hastbacka, and the Ocean River Institute brought this suit to challenge the government’s management and conservation of four species of fish—blueback herring, alewives, American shad, and hickory shad. In particular, they allege that the government’s amendment of a federal fishery management plan violated the…
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