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CASTLEWOOD PRODUCTS, L.L.C. v. NORTON

No. 03-5161.

365 F.3d 1076 (2004)

CASTLEWOOD PRODUCTS, L.L.C., et al., Appellees, Interforest Corp., et al., Appellants, v. Gale A. NORTON, In her official capacity as Secretary of U.S. Department of Interior, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 30, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick D. Traylor argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was James T. Banks.

Charles W. Scarborough, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for federal appellees. With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., U.S. Attorney, and Mark B. Stern, Attorney.

William J. Snape III and William Carroll Muffett were on the brief for amici curiae Defenders of Wildlife, et al. in support of appellees.

Before: EDWARDS and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns the United States' detention of several shipments of bigleaf mahogany from Brazil. The United States and Brazil are both signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Mar. 3, 1973, 27 U.S.T. 1087 ("CITES" or "Convention"). The Convention governs trade in endangered species that are listed in its appendices...

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