Midwater Trawlers Co-Operative v. Department Of Commerce

393 F.3d 994 MIDWATER TRAWLERS CO-OPERATIVE; West Coast Seafood Processors; Fisherman's Marketing Association, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and State of Oregon; State of Washington, Plaintiffs, v. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; National Marine Fisheries Service; Mickey Kantor, Secretary, U.S. Dept of Commerce; William M. Daley, Secretary of Commerce; Penelope D. Dalton, Asst Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin; Director, National Marine Fisheries Svc; William Stelle, Jr., Director, National Marine Fisheries Svc, Defendants-Appellees, Makah Indian Tribe, Defendant-intervenor-Appellant. No. 03-35398. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 7, 2004. Filed December 28, 2004. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED James P. Walsh, Davis, Wright, Tremaine, LLP, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, and Robert L. Gulley, Peter C. Monson, and James C. Kilbourne, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the federal defendants-appellees. Eileen M. Cooney, Elizabeth R. Mitchell, Office of General Counsel, National Oceanic and…