United States Ninth Circuit

Defendants', elk hunt outfitters, conviction of mail fraud reversed and remanded for additional findings; because the Lacey Act requires that the defendant hunter actually know that the taking of an elk was illegal, and there was no such evidence here, defendant's conviction reversed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/07/2001
• Decided 03/15/2002
• Published 03/15/2002

Judges

• Before:  TASHIMA, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and MOLLWAY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gregory A. Jackson,Jackson Law Firm, Helena, MT, for defendant-appellant Dennis LeVeque., Peter A. Leander, Bigfork, MT, for defendant-appellant John Moore., Kris A. McLean, Assistant United States Attorney, Missoula, MT, for the plaintiff-appellee.