Court Opinion

ID: 9446178
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 21:48:47.55921+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:30:33.771416
License: Public Domain

BASTIAN, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
I regret that I cannot agree to the reversal of the judgment in this case, even though I agree in principle with all that my brother DANAHER has written as to the dangers of executive power unguided by congressional expression.
In this case, however, I do not believe the appellant is in position to complain. The license was not issued to him but to Demmer, who, so far as the record discloses, was satisfied with the permit as issued. Three of the five giraffes were disposed of in accordance with the permit. Two were sold to Freeman, who in turn sold them to Pedersen. One giraffe has since died.
The time to have protested in court was by direct attack on the condition annexed to the permit when the permit was issued. This was not done, so far as the record before us discloses. Pedersen seeks the advantage of the permit without its burden. He must have known of —or should have known of — the condition when he purchased the two animals. In my opinion, he is not in position to complain. I would affirm on that ground alone.