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The Borrowed License
United States v. Cross (2019)
Charge: Lacey Act & false recordsCourt: U.S. District Court, W.D. MichiganState: MichiganDocket: The Black Market
Did the dealer knowingly trade fish taken unlawfully by booking them in under another man's license?
The facts
A wholesale fish dealer bought about 48,000 pounds of lake trout in roughly 42 separate deals from a man who held no license to catch them. Only licensed gillnet operators may take lake trout. On its own books the dealer wrote up every load as coming from a different fisherman who did hold the right license. The trout was then sold on across state lines.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: United States v. Cross (W.D. Mich. 2019)
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