PEOPLE FOR ETHICAL TREATMENT v. MIAMI SEAQUARIUM

No. 16-14814-BB.

905 F.3d 1307 (2018)

PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS, INC., Animal Legal Defense Fund, Howard Garrett, Orca Network, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MIAMI SEAQUARIUM, Festival Fun Parks, LLC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 9, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Joseph Schwiep , Scott A. Hiaasen , Coffey Burlington, PL, Miami, FL, Jared Goodman, Esq. , Caitlin Kazuye Hawks , Matthew Daniel Strugar , PETA Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, Matthew Liebman , Stefanie Wilson , Animal Legal Defense Fund, Cotati, CA, Delcianna Winders, Esq. , Harvard Law School, Animal Law & Policy Program, Cambridge, MA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Elliot H. Scherker , Brigid Finerty Cech Samole , Mark A. Salky , Greenberg Traurig, PA, Miami, FL, Evelyn Anne Cobos , Law Office of Evelyn Cobos, Miami, FL, William Earnhart , Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot, PC, Anchorage, AK, James H. Lister , Birch Horton Bittner Cherot, Washington, DC, Jennifer Brown Moore , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Catherine M. Masters , Schiff Hardin, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Amici Curiae The Humane Society of the United States and The Fund for Animals.

Nicholas Fromherz , Sea Shepherd Legal, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae Sea Shepard Legal.

Kristen Schlemmer , Irvine Conner PLLC, Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Lori Marino, Et Al.

Before BLACK and HULL, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.


DENIAL OF PETITION FOR PANEL REHEARING:

The panel issued its opinion affirming the district court on January 12, 2018 (the Opinion). People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Miami Seaquarium, 879 F.3d 1142 (11th Cir. 2018). A petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc was filed on February 2, 2018. Having considered the arguments raised in the petition for panel rehearing, the panel adheres to its Opinion. Although...

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