Great article which cogently explains the issues in the Winter v. NRDC case, here.
Links to the briefs, transcript, lower court materials and other media coverage here.
Legal matters of maritime concern in Hawaii, Oceania, and beyond.
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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Here are some of the media reports covering the oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court today in the Winter v. NRDC case:
Washington Post: here.
Opiniojuris.org Blog: http://opiniojuris.org/2008/10/08/cases-to-watch-this-supreme-court-term/
Switchboard.nrdc blog: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/sdodd/whales_get_their_day_in_court.html
L.A. Times today, http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/scotus/la-na-scotus9-2008oct09,0,392245.story
My resource page with opinions, briefs and other materials is here.
As the oral argument in the Winter v. NRDC case looms, commentators are increasingly identifying this case as THE environmental case to watch for this Term.
Check it out at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-scotus28-2008sep28,0,3657575.story
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/24/nation/na-scotus24
Stay tuned for more updates. The brief we filed on behalf of nine retired Admirals, the Navy League and other civic organizations (as well…
The final amicus briefs in the Winter v. NRDC case were filed and are available:
Two California legislators filed a brief supporting NRDC outlining their concerns about the impact to the State of California, available here.
Several conservation organizations filed another brief supporting NRDC arguing the merits of the injunction, available here.
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The Ecological Society of America filed an amicus, or friend of the court, brief in support of NRDC in the Winter v. NRDC case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. Its brief is here.
The Ecological Society of America’s arguments are three-fold:
I. Scientific evidence supports the injunction. The peer-reviewed, published literature has led
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