CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION OF NEW ENGLAND v. FRANKLIN

No. 92-2029.

989 F.2d 54 (1993)

CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION OF NEW ENGLAND, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Barbara H. FRANKLIN, ETC., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Appeal of ASSOCIATED FISHERIES OF MAINE, et al., Intervenors, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Gillis, argued, with whom Gillis & Campbell, was on brief for appellants.

Peter A. Appel, Attorney, Dept. of Justice, argued, with whom Vicki A. O'Meara, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., A. John Pappalardo, U.S. Atty., Suzanne E. Durrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., J. Carol Williams and Jean W. Williams, Attorneys, Dept. of Justice, Margaret F. Hayes and Gene S. Martin, Office of Gen. Counsel, Nat. Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin., were on brief for Federal appellees.

Peter Shelley, argued, with whom Maura J. Sheehan, was on brief for appellees Conservation Law Foundation, Inc., and Massachusetts Audubon Soc.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CYR, Circuit Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, several fishing associations,1 appellants here, request that we vacate a consent decree approved and entered by the district court between the Conservation Law Foundation of New England, Inc. and Massachusetts Audubon Society (collectively, "Conservation"), and the Secretary of Commerce ("Secretary"). For the reasons that follow, we reject this request.

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