Legal Opinion
Kramer v. Mosbacher
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1989No. 88-2995PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:
This dispute involves a challenge to the closure of the South Atlantic King Mackerel fisheries. Following plaintiffs’ petition to the district court requesting relief, the court, on November 25, 1988, enjoined enforcement of the closure. Because we believe the district court neither had jurisdiction to entertain the complaint against the Secretary nor had authority to grant in-junctive relief, we reverse.
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Pursuant to the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1882, Congress has delegated to the Commerce Department broad authority to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Weinstein v. BradfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Traynor v. TurnageSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Ass'n v. Secretary of CommerceDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1980
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3Cited by23 opinions
- National Fisheries Institute, Inc. v. MosbacherDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1990
- JH Miles & Co., Inc. v. BrownDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1995
- The Ocean Conservancy v. GutierrezDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2005
- Southern Offshore Fishing Ass'n v. DaleyDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1998
- North Carolina Fisheries Ass'n, Inc. v. DaleyDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1998
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