Legal matters of maritime concern in Hawaii, Oceania, and beyond.
The opposition briefing is complete in the UFO Chuting case.
The State of Hawaii's Brief in Opposition is here.
The Solicitor General's office filed its Brief in Opposition is here.
My colleagues, Robert Thomas and Christi-Anne Kudo Chock, and I filed an amicus brief on behalf of Hawaii's Ocean Tourism Coalition in support of the Petition for…
The Coast Guard has announced that it considers stand-up paddling surfboards to be "vessels" under ___ and as such, operators must possess a life jacket and sound signal.
According to the EPA,
On October 9, 2008, the Member States of the International Maritime Organization adopted new international standards for marine diesel engines and their fuels. This new program will dramatically reduce air pollution from ships by establishing a new tier of performance-based standards for marine diesel engines and their fuels and by establishing additional, more stringent emission requirements for ships that operate in specially-designated coastal areas where air-quality problems are acute.
EPA announcement and resources here.
Per International Custom House Blog Here:
“Implementation of these IMO standards will be a very important part of a coordinated national strategy to reduce emissions from ocean-going vessels,” said Rear Adm. Sally Brice-O’Hara, the Coast Guard’s deputy commandant for operations. “I was fortunate to personally be at IMO when these important amendments were adopted. I also had the distinct pleasure to deposit the instrument of ratification for MARPOL Annex VI, on behalf of the United States.”
These are three good posts outlining some of the issues from the Winter v. NRDC case (my resource page here):
From my partner, Robert Thomas, comes his post The Navy Sonar Case and Kelo on his blog www.inversecondemnation.com.
From Professor Gideon Kanner are his two posts, Did Environmental Quibbling Facilitate the Attack on…
Rear Admiral Stephen R. Pietropaoli, U.S. Navy (ret.), one of the retired Navy Admirals we represented in our amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Winter v. NRDC case, was interviewed by ABC News. The page with video is here.
In the Winter v. NRDC case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, today's oral argument transcript is available here.
The Chief Justice captured the essence of the Navy's League's position when he queried:
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: I think that's — I think that's quite right. My question, though, is that at no point that
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