Legal Opinion
Greenpeace, Inc.(USA) v. State of France
District Court, C.D. California
Decided October 4, 1996No. CV-95-6982 KMW (CTx)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION
WARDLAW, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
This action concerns the arrests of certain employees and/or volunteers of Greenpeace, Inc. (USA) and its affiliated organizations (collectively, “Greenpeace”) and the seizure of their vessels by the Republic of France arising from Greenpeace activities in protest of France’s resumed nuclear testing in September 1995. 1
On June 13, 1995, the Republic of France announced that, in anticipation of entering into a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty with the United States and…
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