Turtle Island Restoration Network v. Dep't of State. Pays/Territoire États-Unis d'Amérique Type de cour Nationale - cour supérieure Date Fév 17, 2012 Source UNEP, InforMEA Nom du tribunal United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit Juge Gettlema, R.W.Kozinski, A.Farris, J. Numéro de référence No. 10-17059 Langue Anglais Sujet Questions juridiques, Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes Mot clé Protection de l'habitat Espèces végétales protégées Espèces animales protégées Espèces halieutiques protégées Protection des espèces Résumé Turtle Island Restoration Network (“TIRN”), a non-profit environmental organization, appeals from the district courts dismissal of its claim on res judicata grounds. TIRN alleges that the United States Department of State failed to satisfy its consultation and environmental assessment obligations under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321 et seq., and the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq., in conducting annual certifications of countries exempted from the general ban on shrimp imports. Section 609(b) of Public Law 101-162 prohibits the importation of shrimp harvested with technology that may adversely affect sea turtles, except from countries certified to employ a turtle protection program comparable to that of the United States. Pub. L. 101-162, § 609(b), 103 Stat. 988, 1038 (1989). The Court must decide whether TIRNs current lawsuit for NEPA and ESA violations is precluded by its earlier lawsuits challenging the State Departments regulations implementing the section 609(b)(2).certification process. The district court's dismissal of the plaintiff's claim on res judicata grounds is affirmed, where the claims arose from the same transactional nucleus of facts as those litigated in the plaintiff's earlier lawsuits challenging the State Departments regulations implementing the certification process. Texte intégral COU-158113.pdf