NRDC, et al v. Winter, et al

Filing 920080125

Opinion

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.; THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE; CETACEAN SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL; LEAGUE FOR COASTAL PROTECTION; OCEAN FUTURES SOCIETY; JEANMICHEL COUSTEAU, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DONALD C. WINTER, Secretary of the Navy; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ, Secretary of the Department of Commerce; NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICES; WILLIAM HOGARTH, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration; CONRAD C. LAUTENBACHER, JR., Administrator of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Defendants-Appellants.

No. 08-55054 D.C. No. CV-07-00335-FMC Central District of California, Santa Ana ORDER

Filed January 25, 2008 Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Dorothy W. Nelson and Stephen Reinhardt, Circuit Judges.

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ORDER The panel's January 16, 2008 order remanding the case to the district court is designated for publication.

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