ELR Citation: ELR 20519
No(s). 85-3015 (9th Cir. Apr 15, 1986)

The court holds that a Montana statute, upon which a Lacey Act conviction is based, that forbids transport of raptors without a permit, is not unconstitutionally vague, but the government failed to meet its burden of proof for a conviction under the Endangered Species Act. The court first rules that...