Legal Opinion
Conservation Law Foundation v. Evans
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 28, 2001No. 00CV1134 (GK)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KESSLER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Conservation Law Foundation, Center for Marine Conservation, National Audubon Society, and Natural Resources Defense Council charge in this lawsuit that United States Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Marine Fisheries Service (hereinafter “Defendants”) 1 have failed to prevent overfishing and minimize bycatch 2 along the New England coast. Plaintiffs allege that by failing to carry out their statutory mandate, Defendants have violated the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery…
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- Jacqueline P. Taylor v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Ricki Helfer, Chairman, FdicCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior, the American Petroleum Institute, Intervenors. No. 87-1432Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Torrington Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1996
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