United States First Circuit
THE GULF OF MAINE FISHERMEN'S ALLIANCE v. DALEY, 00-1160
A claim by an association of commercial fishermen, who were severely impacted by regulations and closures formulated by the Department of Commerce to protect a dwindling stock of groundfish, was moot where alleged deficiencies have been eliminated by the promulgation of new regulations.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/11/2002
- Published 06/11/2002
Judges
- ZOBEL, District Judge., Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and ZOBEL, District Judge.
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Stephen M. Ouellette, with whom David S. Smith and Cianciulli & Ouellette were on brief, for appellant.
- For Appellees:
- James C. Curden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, with whom Lyn Jacobs, James C. Kilbourne, Andrew Mergen, and M. Alice Thurston, Environment and Natural Resource Division, United States Department of Justice, were on brief, for appellee.