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J.H. MILES & CO., INC. v. BROWN

Civ. A. No. 2:95cv595.

910 F.Supp. 1138 (1995)

J.H. MILES & CO., INC., Chincoteague Seafood Co., Inc., Blount Seafood Corp., Cape May Foods, Inc., Mid-Atlantic Foods, Inc., Rich-Seapak Corp., Nanticoke Seafood Corp., Sea Watch International, Ltd., Surfside Products, Inc., South Jersey Surf Clam, Inc., Borden, Inc., F/V Enterprise, Inc., Beth Dee Bob Partnership, F/V Seaquest, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Ronald H. BROWN, Secretary of Commerce, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

December 4, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waverley Lee Berkley, III, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Norfolk, VA, Stanley M. Brand, David E. Frulla, Brand & Lowell, Washington, DC, for J.H. Miles & Co., Inc., Chincoteague Seafood Co., Inc., Blount Seafood Corporation, Cape May Foods, Inc., Mid-Atlantic Foods, Inc., Rich-Seapak Corporation, Nanticoke Seafood Corp., Sea Watch International, Ltd., Surfside Products, Inc., South Jersey Surf Clam, Inc., Borden, Inc., F/V Enterprise, Inc., Beth Dee Bob Partnership, F/V Seaquest, Inc.

George M. Kelley, III, United States Attorney's Office, Norfolk, VA, Samuel D. Rauch, III, John L. Marshall, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Env. & Natl. Res. Div., Wildlife & Marine Res. Section, Washington, DC, for Ronald H. Brown.

Geoffrey Footner Birkhead, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, VA, for BJ Clam Company, Inc., Eastern Shore Seafood Products, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

DOUMAR, District Judge.

Plaintiffs bring this action challenging the 1995 commercial catch quotas for surf clams and ocean quahogs set by the Secretary of Commerce, Ronald H. Brown, and his designees, and asking that the quotas be set aside. For the reasons discussed below, the Court finds that the plaintiffs' request should be DENIED.

I. Factual Background

Plaintiffs are a coalition of surf...

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