CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY v. ROSS

Civil Action No. 18-112 (JEB).

419 F.Supp.3d 16 (2019)

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Wilbur ROSS, in his official capacity as Secretary of Commerce, et al., Defendants, and Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association, Inc., Defendant-Intervenor.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed October 31, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 16 U.S.C. § 1540
Cause: 16 U.S.C. § 1540 Endangered Species Act
Nature of Suit: 893 Environmental Matters
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristen Monsell , Pro Hac Vice, Center for Biological Diversity, Oakland, CA, Jane P. Davenport , Defenders of Wildlife, Laura Friend Smythe , Humane Society of the United States, Washington, DC, Sarah Uhlemann , Center for Biological Diversity, Seattle, WA, Emily K. Green , Pro Hac Vice, Sean Mahoney , Pro Hac Vice, Conservation Law Foundation, Portland, MA, Erica A. Fuller , Pro Hac Vice, Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, MA, Roger M. Fleming , Blue Planet Strategies, LLC, Hallowell, ME, for Plaintiffs.

John B. Grosko , Frederick Harter Turner , U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resource Wildlife and Marine Resources Section, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Ann Sobolewski , Pro Hac Vice, Nicholas Nesgos , Pro Hac Vice, Posternak Blankstein and Lund LLP, Boston, MA, Eric P. Gotting , Keller & Heckman, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Intervenor.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

As this dispute about the effects of lobster fishing on the North Atlantic right whale sails along its charted course, the Government Defendants ask the Court to heave to and stay the suit pending their promulgation of two new conservation measures...

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