Legal Opinion

Oceana, Inc. v. Gary Locke

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided July 19, 2011No. 10-5299PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Oceana, Inc. brought this suit against the National Marine Fisheries Service challenging as unlawful the methodology it uses to track bycatch in the fisheries off the Northeastern coast of the United States. The district court concluded the methodology satisfies applicable law, see 16 U.S.C. § 1853(a)(11), and entered a summary judgment for the Fisheries Service, which Oceana now appeals. Because the Fisheries Service has merely described but has not, as the Fisheries Act requires, “established” a “standardized reporting methodology” to assess bycatch in the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Amer Bioscience Inc v. Thompson, Tommy G.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2001
  2. Metcalf v. DaleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
  3. C & W Fish Company, Inc. v. William W. Fox, Jr., Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
  4. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. James T. Lynn, Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  5. Cement Kiln Recycling Coalition v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2007

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Oceana, Inc. v. Wilbur RossCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2019
  2. Oceana, Inc. v. LockeDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
  3. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of EngineersDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2017
  4. Flaherty v. BrysonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2012
  5. Friends of Blackwater v. Kenneth SalazarCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2012

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