U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Dec. 23, 2014
9th Circuit issues civil contempt finding against anti-whaling group
Environmentalists seeking to save whales from Japanese hunters in the Southern Ocean drew a stern rebuke and a civil contempt finding Friday from a 9th Circuit panel.
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Environmentalists seeking to save whales from Japanese hunters in the Southern Ocean drew a stern rebuke and a civil contempt finding Friday from a 9th Circuit panel.
In 2012, after the Japanese sued, the panel ordered the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to stop physically attacking the Japanese whaling and fueling vessels on the open sea in a campaign Sea Shepherd called Operation Zero Tolerance. Instead, the panel said Fri...
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