Legal Opinion
Shell Offshore, Inc. v. Greenpeace, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 12, 2013No. 12-35332PublishedCited by 369 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
Shell Offshore, Inc. and Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc. (together, “Shell”) hold multiyear oil and gas leases in the Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”), located in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Alaska. Greenpeace, Inc. (“Greenpeace USA”) has publicly undertaken a campaign to “stop Shell” from drilling in the Arctic. The district court granted Shell’s motion for a preliminary injunction, which prohibited Greenpeace USA from coming within a specified distance of vessels involved in Shell’s Arctic OCS exploration and from committing various unlawful and tortious acts…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Alliance for Wild Rockies v. CottrellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- Amoco Production Co. v. Village of GambellSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Weinstein v. BradfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by369 opinions
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