Nrdc

Volume 1 of

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; JEAN-

MICHEL COUSTEAU,

Plaintiffs-Appellees,

CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION,

Intervenor-Appellee, v. No. 08-55054 DONALD C. WINTER, Secretary of the Navy; UNITED STATES  D.C. No.

CV-07-00335-FMC

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; CARLOS

M. GUTIERREZ, Secretary of the OPINION

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.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Florence Marie Cooper, District Judge, Presiding

2079 2080 NRDC v. WINTER Argued and Submitted February 27, 2008—Pasadena, California

Filed February 29, 2008

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