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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Dec. 11, 2008

Deep Impact

The Supreme Court's ruling allowing the Navy's use of sonar has broad implications because it rejected the injunction standard utilized by the 9th Circuit, write Sophie N. Froelich and Robert D. Thornton. - Focus Column

FOCUS COLUMN

By Sophie N. Froelich and Robert D. Thornton

In a 5-4 decision issued on Nov. 12, Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 2008 DJDAR 16797, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a preliminary injunction concerning the impact of U.S. Navy training activities on marine mammals. The Supreme Court decision has broad implications because it rejected the injunction standard utilized by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Supr...

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