Cortez fisherman John Yates had a bizarre conviction for missing grouper overturned by the SC

[Disir]

John Yates lives with his wife, Sandy, in a triple-wide manufactured home in Ellenton, Social Security checks their main source of income. They were once involved in a landmark case heard by the Supreme Court. You would never know they won.

“We’re making it, but that’s about all we’re doing,″ he said. “It was rough there for a while. We lost everything we had.″

The peculiar case of Yates vs. the United States began on Aug. 23, 2007, aboard the “Miss Katie,” about 60 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. That’s where John Yates, fishing captain, was hauling in red grouper. His life forever changed the moment a federal officer arrived on scene for an inspection.

The officer noticed undersized fish hanging on a hook. They appeared to be under the 20-inch harvesting minimum for grouper. The next thing Yates knew he was emptying 3,000 pounds on his deck for an inspection that found 72 fish were undersized. Yates was ordered to put the fish in wooden boxes to be re-measured once he returned to port in Cortez.
Anderson: Cortez fisherman struggles after Supreme Court win

I remember this. This is absolutely insane.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

John Yates lives with his wife, Sandy, in a triple-wide manufactured home in Ellenton, Social Security checks their main source of income. They were once involved in a landmark case heard by the Supreme Court. You would never know they won.

“We’re making it, but that’s about all we’re doing,″ he said. “It was rough there for a while. We lost everything we had.″

The peculiar case of Yates vs. the United States began on Aug. 23, 2007, aboard the “Miss Katie,” about 60 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. That’s where John Yates, fishing captain, was hauling in red grouper. His life forever changed the moment a federal officer arrived on scene for an inspection.

The officer noticed undersized fish hanging on a hook. They appeared to be under the 20-inch harvesting minimum for grouper. The next thing Yates knew he was emptying 3,000 pounds on his deck for an inspection that found 72 fish were undersized. Yates was ordered to put the fish in wooden boxes to be re-measured once he returned to port in Cortez.
Anderson: Cortez fisherman struggles after Supreme Court win

I remember this. This is absolutely insane.

Thanks, Obama

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Nevertheless the guy did have 70 undersized fish and that's not fucking cool either

 

[RodISHI]

We met a lot of the old fishermen down on the Gulf when we used to go south for winters. One old guy called Sunman used to tell us he had guys that would make it worth our while if we'd just get our Idaho governor former Secretary of Interior Cecil Andrus down there for they could take him out fishing. They destroyed the small fishing industry on purpose for they could get a bigger market share for hatchery fish.

 

[percysunshine]

Nevertheless the guy did have 70 undersized fish and that's not fucking cool either

Standard fines...not 30 years in prison.

 

[RodISHI]

Nevertheless the guy did have 70 undersized fish and that's not fucking cool either

Maybe not cool but they were out 60 miles.


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[Synthaholic]

John Yates lives with his wife, Sandy, in a triple-wide manufactured home in Ellenton, Social Security checks their main source of income. They were once involved in a landmark case heard by the Supreme Court. You would never know they won.

“We’re making it, but that’s about all we’re doing,″ he said. “It was rough there for a while. We lost everything we had.″

The peculiar case of Yates vs. the United States began on Aug. 23, 2007, aboard the “Miss Katie,” about 60 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. That’s where John Yates, fishing captain, was hauling in red grouper. His life forever changed the moment a federal officer arrived on scene for an inspection.

The officer noticed undersized fish hanging on a hook. They appeared to be under the 20-inch harvesting minimum for grouper. The next thing Yates knew he was emptying 3,000 pounds on his deck for an inspection that found 72 fish were undersized. Yates was ordered to put the fish in wooden boxes to be re-measured once he returned to port in Cortez.
Anderson: Cortez fisherman struggles after Supreme Court win

I remember this. This is absolutely insane.

Thanks, Obama

2007, dumbass.

 

[peach174]

Nevertheless the guy did have 70 undersized fish and that's not fucking cool either

3,000 fish and under 100 of them undersized?
What is he suppose to measure every single fish?
That's cost prohibitive and very time consuming.
Seems pretty unreasonable.

 

[Pogo]

Nevertheless the guy did have 70 undersized fish and that's not fucking cool either

He's a Pisces, working for scale.

 

[percysunshine]

John Yates lives with his wife, Sandy, in a triple-wide manufactured home in Ellenton, Social Security checks their main source of income. They were once involved in a landmark case heard by the Supreme Court. You would never know they won.

“We’re making it, but that’s about all we’re doing,″ he said. “It was rough there for a while. We lost everything we had.″

The peculiar case of Yates vs. the United States began on Aug. 23, 2007, aboard the “Miss Katie,” about 60 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. That’s where John Yates, fishing captain, was hauling in red grouper. His life forever changed the moment a federal officer arrived on scene for an inspection.

The officer noticed undersized fish hanging on a hook. They appeared to be under the 20-inch harvesting minimum for grouper. The next thing Yates knew he was emptying 3,000 pounds on his deck for an inspection that found 72 fish were undersized. Yates was ordered to put the fish in wooden boxes to be re-measured once he returned to port in Cortez.
Anderson: Cortez fisherman struggles after Supreme Court win

I remember this. This is absolutely insane.

Thanks, Obama

2007, dumbass.

Sarbanes-Oxley was used retroactive...read the article for the timing of events.

 

[Synthaholic]

Obama wasn’t POTUS in 2007, dumbass.

 

[Pogo]

Obama wasn’t POTUS in 2007, dumbass.

Yabbut he had that time machine thingy, member? That's how they got to pin the 2008 economy collapse on him. Went back retroactively and dumped the Dow just so he could get elected and shit.

 

[HenryBHough]

Obama wasn’t POTUS in 2007, dumbass.

Not to say that He ever really was.......