DELTA COMMERCIAL v. GULF OF MEXICO FISHERY

No. 03-30545.

364 F.3d 269 (2004)

DELTA COMMERCIAL FISHERIES ASSOCIATION; John Thompson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GULF OF MEXICO FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL; United States Department of Commerce, Donald L. Evans, as Secretary of, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Kevin Coleman (argued), Law Office of L. Kevin Coleman, New Orleans, LA, James Felix Gasquet, Law Office of James F. Gasquet, III, Buras, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

William Brandt Lazarus (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Nat. Resources Div., Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Mark A. Brown, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Nat. Resources, Washington, DC, for U.S. Dept. of Commerce.

Before BENAVIDES, STEWART and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Delta Commercial Fisheries Association is a non-profit corporation designed to represent the interests of commercial fishermen. Plaintiff-Appellant John E. Thompson is a commercial fisherman and president of the Association. Appellants (together, the "Association") sued the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council and Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans, the federal authorities responsible for regulating fishing in U.S...

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