Legal Opinion
Center for Marine Conservation v. Brown
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided February 21, 1996No. Civ. A. G-95-265, G-94-660PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
KENT, District Judge.
This case began as action by the CMC under the Endangered Species Act (the CMC Action) to force various agencies and employees of the United States (the Federal Defendants) to protect five species of threatened and endangered sea turtles by implementing and enforcing regulations designed to reduce the number of turtles killed as a result of commercial shrimping. The National Fisheries Institute and the Texas Shrimp Assoeiation (together, the Shrimp Industry Interve-nors or the Intervenors), representing the interests of certain members of the shrimping industry,…
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