1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 553 F.2d
  5. 553 F.2d 996 (1977)
 

UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL

No. 76-2908.

553 F.2d 996 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry D. MITCHELL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 13, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore J. Sakowitz, Federal Public Defender, Edward B. Galante, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Nathaniel H. Speights, Thomas M. Sherouse, Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM and GEE, Circuit Judges, and BOOTLE, District Judge.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal turns on whether the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA), 16 U.S.C. § 1361 et seq., and related regulations, 50 C.F.R. § 216.11 (1974), apply to an American citizen taking dolphins within the territorial waters of a foreign sovereign state. The defendant-appellant, Jerry Mitchell, is an American citizen convicted of violating the Act by capturing 21 dolphins within the three-mile limit of the Commonwealth...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases