American Tunaboat Association v. Brown

67 F.3d 1404 41 ERC 1762 , 26 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,076, 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7962 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 13 ,681 AMERICAN TUNABOAT ASSOCIATION; Bonjenval Holdings, Ltd., a corporation individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ronald H. BROWN, Secretary of Commerce, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-16275. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 13, 1995. Decided Oct. 10, 1995. August Felando, San Diego, California, for plaintiffs-appellants. M. Alice Thurston, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees. Joshua R. Floum, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, California, for amicus curiae Earth Island Institute. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before: FLETCHER, PREGERSON, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge PREGERSON; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge RYMER. PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiffs-Appellants American Tunaboat Association, et al. ("ATA") appeal the district court's order denying a preliminary injunction to prevent Defendants-Appellees Ronald H. Brown,…