District Court, District of Columbia April 16, 2003, C.A. NO. 02-1457 (TPJ) (Castlewood Products v. Norton)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JACKSON, District Judge.

Since July, 1975, the importation of certain species of endangered flora and fauna into the Unites States from abroad has been governed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (“CITES” or the “Convention”), March 3, 1973, 27 U.S.T. 1087, and the implementing statute, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C.