Legal Opinion
Earth Island Institute v. Albright
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 4, 1998No. Nos. 97-1085, 97-1086PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
Earth Island Institute (Earth Island) challenged the State Department’s implementation of a 1989 law designed to ensure that shrimp entering the United States were caught in trawls equipped with turtle exclu-der devices (TEDs). Departments of Commerce, Justice and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1990, Pub.L. No. 101-162, § 609, 103 Stat. 988, 1037 (Nov. 21, 1989) (codified at 16 U.S.C. § 1537 note (1994)). On December 29, 1995, the Court of International Trade sustained Earth Island’s contention that the statute applied to all nations,…
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