Legal Opinion
Institute of Cetacean Research v. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 25, 2013No. 12-35266PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:
You don’t need a peg leg or an eye patch. When you ram ships; hurl glass containers of acid; drag metal-reinforced ropes in the water to damage propellers and rudders; launch smoke bombs and flares with hooks; and point high-powered lasers at other ships, you are, without a doubt, a pirate, no matter how high-minded you believe your purpose to be.
Plaintiffs-Appellants (collectively, “Cetacean”) are Japanese researchers who hunt whales in the Southern Ocean. The United States, Japan and many other nations are signatories to the International Convention for the…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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