ELR Citation: ELR 20972
No(s). s. 81-1704, -1713 (9th Cir. Jun 9, 1982)

The Ninth Circuit upholds appellants' convictions for offering to sell and selling eagles in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). The court rules that the government properly elected to prosecute appellants under the MBTA rather than under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, a mo...