BALELO v. BALDRIGE

Nos. 81-5806, 81-5807 and 82-5433.

724 F.2d 753 (1984)

John R. BALELO, Andrew Castagnola, Leo Correia, Manuel S. Jorge, Bryan R. Madruga, Harold Medina, John A. Silva, Ralph F. Silva, Jr., George Sousa, Manuel S. Vargas, Jr., John B. Zolezzi, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Malcolm BALDRIGE, Secretary of Commerce of the United States, Richard A. Frank, Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Terry Leitzell, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Defendants-Appellants, Environmental Defense Fund, Inc., et al., Intervenors-Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. $50,178.80, THE MONETARY VALUE OF 57 TONS OF TUNA, Defendant, Gladiator Fishing, Inc., Claimant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Zvetina, Haskins, Nugent, Newham, Kane & Zvetina, San Diego, Cal., Shirli Fabbri Weiss, Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, La Jolla, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees in Nos. 81-5806 and 81-5807; Peter Osinoff, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees in No. 82-5433.

Wayne S. Braveman, Tuttle & Taylor, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants in Nos. 81-5806 and 81-5807; William N. Kammer, Gray, Cary, Ames, & Frye, San Diego, Cal., for defendants-appellants in No. 82-5433.

Before BROWNING, SNEED, KENNEDY, ANDERSON, TANG, SCHROEDER, PREGERSON, ALARCON, FERGUSON, NELSON and CANBY, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted En Banc September 15, 1983.

ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

In Balelo v. Klutznick, 519 F.Supp. 573 (S.D.Cal.1981), plaintiffs-appellees, who are captains of tuna purse seiners (hereinafter the Captains), instituted this action against defendants-appellants (hereinafter the Secretary) seeking declaratory and injunctive relief.1 The district court granted a declaratory judgment...

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