TURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK v. U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE

No. CV04-00528DAE-KSC.

351 F.Supp.2d 1048 (2004)

TURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK; Ka Iwa Kua Lele and Center for Biological Diversity, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; National Marine Fisheries; Donald L. Evans, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Commerce, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Hawai'i.

January 4, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Achitoff, Isaac H. Moriwake, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Honolulu, HI, for Turtle Island Restoration Network, Ka'Iwa Kua Lele, Center for Biological Diversity, plaintiffs.

Theodore G. Meeker, Office of the United States Attorney, Honolulu, HI, Jean E. Williams, Thomas L. Sansonetti, U.S. Department of Justice, ENRD Wildlife & Natural, Resources Div, Washington, DC, Seth M. Barsky, S. Jay Govindan, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, John S. Most, U.S. Department of Justice, Natural Resources Section, Washington, DC, for United States Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service, Donald L. Evans, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Commerce, defendants.

George W. Brandt, Steven Y. Otaguro, Lyons Brandt Cook & Hiramatsu, Honolulu, Jeffrey W. Leppo, Laurie K. Beale, Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, WA, for Hawaii Longline Association, intervenor.


ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS, GRANTING INTERVENOR'S MOTION TO DISMISS, AND DENYING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

DAVID ALLEN EZRA, Chief Judge

The Court heard Plaintiffs' Motion and Defendants' Motion on October 11, 2004. Paul Achitoff, Esq., appeared at the hearing on behalf of Plaintiffs; Harry Yee, Assistant United States Attorney, John Most, Assistant United States Attorney, and S. Jay Govindan, Assistant United States...

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