United States Ninth Circuit
Chinatown Neighborhood Ass'n v. Harris, 14-1578
In a case challenging California's "Shark Fin Law," which makes it "unlawful for any person to possess, sell, offer of sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin" in the state, the district court’s dismissal of plaintiff's amended complaint is affirmed where the claim that the Shark Find Law is preempted by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and management Act is without merit, as plaintiffs failed to identify any actual conflict between federal authority under the Magnuson-Stevens Act to manage shark fishing in the ocean off the California coast and the California Shark Fin Law.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/27/2015
- Published 07/27/2015
Judges
- Hurwitz
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit