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ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND v. U.S. DEPT. OF AGRIC.

No. 14-12260.

789 F.3d 1206 (2015)

ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, Orca Network, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc., Howard Garrett, Shelby Proie, Patricia Sykes, Karen Munro, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Shelby Proie, Patricia Sykes, Plaintiffs, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Elizabeth Goldentyer, in her official capacity as Eastern Regional Director of the United States of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Marine Exhibition Corporation, d/b/a/ Miami Seaquarium, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 15, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine Anne Meyer , Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal, Jared Goodman, Esq. , Delcianna Winders, Esq. , Foundation To Support Animal Protection, Washington, DC, Paul Joseph Schwiep , Coffey Burlington, PL, Miami, FL, Matthew Daniel Strugar , Peta Foundation, Courtney Elena Vaudreuil , Mckenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Amit Agarwal , Anthony Erickson-Pogorzelski , Wifredo A. Ferrer , Kathleen Mary Salyer, U.S. Attorney's Office, Jose Angel Casal , Laura Maria Gonzalez Marques , Holland & Knight, LLP, Miami, FL, Charles Michael O'Connor , San Francisco, CA, William P. Horn , James H. Lister , Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot, PC, Washington, DC, Thomas A. Cohen , Law Offices of Thomas A. Cohen, Mill Valley, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HULL, BLACK and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund, Orca Network, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc., Howard Garrett, and Karen Munro (collectively, ALDF)1 appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States Department of Agriculture; Tom Vilsack, in his official capacity...

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