Legal Opinion
United States v. Greenpeace, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided April 15, 2004No. 03-20577-CR-JORDANPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order on Pending Motions
JORDAN, District Judge.
On the afternoon of April 12, 2002, several miles outside the Port of Miami, various members of Greenpeace, Inc., a worldwide environmental organization, boarded the MTV APL Jade, a cargo vessel which was believed to be bringing illegally logged mahogany from Brazil into the United States. The Greenpeace members, once on board, intended to unfurl a banner which urged President Bush to stop illegal logging, but they were taken into custody before they could do so.
In May of 2002, the government charged several Greenpeace members by information with…
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