The federal government will pay $160,000 to settle a fee dispute with attorneys who represented 1,300 charter boat owners in a class-action lawsuit challenging a federal rule requiring 24-hour GPS tracking of their boats.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down the National Marine Fisheries Service rule in February, finding that it was issued in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act and likely violated the Fourth Amendment. The rule would have required charter boat owners to install a tracking device on board at their own expense.
- The Fifth Circuit found that NMFS failed to weigh the costs and privacy risks to owners…
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