United States v. 2,507 Live Canary Winged Parakeets

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• rejecting act of state doctrine defense and noting “[t]he purpose of CITES is to further international cooperation in assisting other countries in the enforcement of their wildlife protection laws”
• finding as a prudential matter the act of state doctrine does not apply, in 28 part, because the CITES treaty “clearly requires member nations to ensure the validity of the exportation of another nation’s protected wildlife for that benefit of that nation”

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