Earth Island Institute v. Brown

17 F.3d 1241

16 ITRD 1321

EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE, a California nonprofit corporation;

Marine Mammal Fund, a California corporation;

David R. Brower, Plaintiffs-Appellees,

v.

Ronald H. BROWN,* Secretary of Commerce, et al.,

Defendants-Appellants,

and

American Tunaboat Association; Joseph J. Medina, Jr. and

Manuel A. Silva, Defendants-Intervenors.

Nos. 92-15126, 92-15387.

United States Court of Appeals,

Ninth Circuit.

Argued and Submitted Aug. 10, 1993.

Decided March 3, 1994.

Martin W. Matzen, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellants.

Joshua R. Floum and Deborah A.…