Greenpeace Action v. Franklin

982 F.2d 1342 35 ERC 2054 , 23 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,639 GREENPEACE ACTION, * a non-profit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Barbara H. FRANKLIN, ** in her official capacity as Secretary of Commerce; William W. Fox, Jr., in his official capacity as Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Marine Fisheries Service, Defendants-Appellees, and Chris Blackburn, d/b/a Alaska Groundfish Data Bank, et al.; State of Alaska, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees. No. 91-36062. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 2, 1992. Decided Dec. 29, 1992. Victor M. Sher, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Seattle, WA, for plaintiff-appellant. J. Carol Williams, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellants. Stephen M. White, Asst. Atty. Gen., Juneau, AK, for defendant-intervenor-appellee. Michael T. Thomas, Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh, Arlington, VA, for defendants-intervenors-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before: HALL, O'SCANNLAIN, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge: 1 On June 26, 1991, Greenpeace…