Los Altos Boots, Inc. et al v. Bonta et al

Filing 62

FINAL JUDGMENT signed by Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 3/26/2024. The court VACATES The Status Conference set for 3/28/2024. CASE CLOSED.(Mena-Sanchez, L)

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NOSSAMAN LLP
Paul S. Weiland (SBN 237058)
Christopher D. Hughes (SBN 254864)
621 Capitol Mall, Suite 2500
Sacramento, CA 95814
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KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP
David E. Frulla (pro hac vice)
Bret A. Sparks (pro hac vice)
3050 K Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20007
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Counsel for Plaintiffs

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Case No: 21-cv-01652-KJM-CKD
LOS ALTOS BOOTS, INC., a California
Corporation, WILD WEST BOOTS, INC., a
California Corporation, BOOT STAR, INC., a
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California Corporation, LARSON LEATHER
COMPANY, a Texas Limited Partnership,
MAGNA LEATHER CORPORATION, a
Texas Corporation, and CROKO
INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Texas Corporation
Plaintiffs,
v.

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ROB BONTA, in his official capacity as
Attorney General of California, and
CHARLTON BONHAM, in his official
capacity as Director of the California
Department of Fish and Wildlife

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Defendants.

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:

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1. Under the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution (Article VI, Clause 2),

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California Penal Code Sections 653o and 653r are hereby declared unenforceable and

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unconstitutional as applied to the importation, possession or sale of the bodies, parts or

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products of broad-snouted caimans, brown caimans, common caimans, and Yacare

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caimans subject to 50 C.F.R. § 17.42.
2. California Defendants, in their official capacities as Attorney General of the State of
California and Director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, their

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successors in office, their agents and employees acting within the scope of their official

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duties, and those under their supervision as defined in Article V, section 13 of the

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California Constitution, are hereby permanently enjoined from enforcing California Penal

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Code Sections 653o and 653r in connection with the importation, possession or sale of

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the bodies parts or products of broad-snouted caimans, brown caimans, common caimans,
and Yacare caimans subject to 50 C.F.R. § 17.42 to the extent the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. Sections 1531-1543) or regulations promulgated by

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the Secretary of the Interior of the United States implementing said Act, authorize the

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same importation, possession or sale.

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Accordingly, the court vacates the status conference set for 3/28/2024.

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Dated: March 26, 2024.

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