Earth Island Institute v. Mosbacher

929 F.2d 1449 13 ITRD 1361 , 21 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,843 EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE, a California nonprofit corporation; Marine Mammal Fund, a California corporation; David R. Brower, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert A. MOSBACHER, Secretary of Commerce; John Knauss, Dr., Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; William W. Fox, Jr., Assistant Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service; Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of the Treasury, Defendants-Appellants. No. 90-16581. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 14, 1991. Decided April 11, 1991. Albert M. Ferlo, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants. Joshua R. Floum, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before SCHROEDER, CANBY, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: 1 The government appeals from a preliminary injunction entered October 19, 1990, which enjoined the importation of yellowfin tuna from Mexico. The plaintiffs who sought the injunction are the Earth Island Institute, the Marine Mammal…