EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE v. HOGARTH

No. 04-17018.

484 F.3d 1123 (2007)

EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE, a California non-profit corporation; The Humane Society of the United States; The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals, a New York non-profit corporation; Defenders of Wildlife, a District of Columbia nonprofit corporation; Animal Fund, a California nonprofit corporation; The Oceanic Society, a California nonprofit corporation; International Wildlife Coalition, a Massachusetts nonprofit corporation; Animal Welfare Institute, a Delaware nonprofit corporation; The Society for Animal Protective Legislation, a District of Columbia nonprofit corporation; Samuel F. LaBudde, an individual, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. William T. HOGARTH, Assistant Administrator for the National Marine Fisheries Service; Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce, Defendants-Appellants, and Camara Nacional de Las Industrias Pesquera y Acuicola (Canainpesca); Asociacion Venezolana de Armadores Atuneros (Avatun), Defendants-Intervenors. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission ("IATTC"), Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 27, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan D. Nelson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellants.

Richard Mooney, Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Laura Klaus, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Washington, DC, for the amici curiae.

Lara M. Krieger, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, for Amicus Curiae Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission.

Before MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Circuit Judge, JEROME FARRIS and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.


SCHROEDER, Chief Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the practice of catching yellowfin tuna by encircling dolphins with purse-seine nets. The dispute over whether tuna sellers may label tuna as dolphin-safe if caught with such nets has a long history that for us begins with Congress's enactment of the International Dolphin Conservation Program Act ("IDCPA") in 1997. 16 U.S.C. § 1385 (1997). The statute required the Secretary of Commerce through the National Oceanic...

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