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BIGELOW v. MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES

No. M87-272 CA3.

727 F.Supp. 346 (1989)

Clifford BIGELOW, License No. 401; Brown Fisheries, Inc., License No. 404; Casey Fisheries, Inc., License No. 405; Leonard Dutcher Fishery, Inc., License No. 408; Gerald L. Moore, Sr., License No. 412; Paul H. Brown, License No. 417; Cedarville Fish Company, License No. 420; Lamb Fishery, Inc., License No. 425; John Leclair, License No. 430; Roger Wollangur and Raymond Halberg, License No. 431; Robert Chartrand and Christine Chartrand, License No. 433; Harold W. Sellman, License No. 442; Melvin R. Sellman, License No. 443; Wayne Wachter and Mary Wachter, License No. 445; Shirley A. Wilcox, Jeffrey M. Wilcox, and Daniel J. Wilcox, License No. 447; Our Sons Fisheries, License No. 448; Frazier Fish Corporation, License No. 460; Baker Fishery, Inc., License No. 461; Clarence Brooks and Winifred Brooks, License No. 500; L & H Fishery, License No. 501; Donald R. Cole, License No. 503; Ralph Cross, Jr. and Ralph Cross, Sr., License No. 505; James Kenwabikise, Paul David Kenwabikise Estate, and Stephen Kenwabikise, License No. 516; Francis E. Martin and Jacqueline L. Martin, License No. 517; Ralph Cross, Jr. and Ralph Cross, Sr., License No. 518; John Cross, Jr. and Jerry Ranville, License No. 602, Plaintiffs, v. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES and David F. Hales, Director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, S.D.

December 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown & Brown Law Offices by Charles M. Brown, St. Ignace, Mich., Rhoades, McKee, Boer, Goodrich & Titta by Dale W. Rhoades, Robert J. Dugan, Grand Rapids, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen. by Kevin T. Smith, Thomas J. Emery, Leo H. Friedman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Natural Resources & Military Affairs, Lansing, Mich., for defendants.

OPINION

ENSLEN, District Judge.

Defendants, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources ("DNR") and David F. Hales, the Director of the DNR, have filed both a motion for summary judgment and a motion for partial dismissal in this case.

Facts

The plaintiffs are a group of commercial fishers whose state-issued commercial fishing licenses have been drastically impaired by reductions in...

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