Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley filed an Amicus brief on behalf of Governor Deval Patrick and Director Paul Diodati in the case of The City of New Bedford, and The City of Gloucester, et al., v. Gary Locke, et al.

The following text is taken from the Motion to Participate as Amici Curiae.
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Deval Patrick, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ("Governor Patrick"), and Paul Diodati, the Director of the Division of Marine Fisheries ("Director Diodati") (collectively, the "State Amici"), hereby move for leave of court to participate in this matter as amici curiae, and to file the accompanying brief in that capacity. In support of this motion, and as grounds therefor, the State Amici state as follows: