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            <p>CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; Turtle Island Restoration Network; Japan Environmental Lawyers Federation; Save the Dugong Foundation; Anna Shimabukuro; Takuma Higashionna; Yoshikazu Makishi, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
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                <p><span class="at"><PAGE VOL="868" REPORTER="F.3d" NO="808"/> <a class="att_name" href="/attorney/cite/Sarah Burt/CENTER%20FOR%20BIOLOGICAL%20DIVERSITY%20v.%20MATTIS/infco20170821129"> Sarah Burt </a> (argued) and <a class="att_name" href="/attorney/cite/J. Martin Wagner/CENTER%20FOR%20BIOLOGICAL%20DIVERSITY%20v.%20MATTIS/infco20170821129"> J. Martin Wagner </a>, Earthjustice, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.</span></p>
                
                <p><span class="at"><a class="att_name" href="/attorney/cite/Mark R. Haag/CENTER%20FOR%20BIOLOGICAL%20DIVERSITY%20v.%20MATTIS/infco20170821129"> Mark R. Haag </a> (argued), <a class="att_name" href="/attorney/cite/Peter Kryn Dykema/CENTER%20FOR%20BIOLOGICAL%20DIVERSITY%20v.%20MATTIS/infco20170821129"> Peter Kryn Dykema </a>, and <a class="att_name" href="/attorney/cite/Andrew C. Mergen/CENTER%20FOR%20BIOLOGICAL%20DIVERSITY%20v.%20MATTIS/infco20170821129"> Andrew C. Mergen </a>, Attorneys; <a class="att_name" href="/attorney/cite/John C. Cruden/CENTER%20FOR%20BIOLOGICAL%20DIVERSITY%20v.%20MATTIS/infco20170821129"> John C. Cruden </a>, Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; <a class="att_name" href="/attorney/cite/Jonathan C. McKay/CENTER%20FOR%20BIOLOGICAL%20DIVERSITY%20v.%20MATTIS/infco20170821129"> Jonathan C. McKay </a>, Office of General Counsel, Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C.; <a class="att_name" href="/attorney/cite/Phillip J. Riblett/CENTER%20FOR%20BIOLOGICAL%20DIVERSITY%20v.%20MATTIS/infco20170821129"> Phillip J. Riblett </a>, Office of the Legal Adviser, United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees.</span></p>
                
                <p><span class="at"><a class="att_name" href="/attorney/cite/Brian R. Turner/CENTER%20FOR%20BIOLOGICAL%20DIVERSITY%20v.%20MATTIS/infco20170821129"> Brian R. Turner </a>, San Francisco Field Office, National Trust for Historic Preservation, San Francisco, California; <a class="att_name" href="/attorney/cite/Elizabeth S. Merritt/CENTER%20FOR%20BIOLOGICAL%20DIVERSITY%20v.%20MATTIS/infco20170821129"> Elizabeth S. Merritt </a> and <a class="att_name" href="/attorney/cite/William J. Cook/CENTER%20FOR%20BIOLOGICAL%20DIVERSITY%20v.%20MATTIS/infco20170821129"> William J. Cook </a>, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae National Trust for Historic Preservation.</span></p>
                
                <p>Before: Ferdinand F. Fernandez, Mary H. Murguia, and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.</p>
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