Legal Opinion
Shell Offshore Inc. v. Greenpeace, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 4, 2016No. 15-35392PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs Sheik Offshore Inc. and Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. (together, “Shell”), subsidiaries of Royal Dutch Shell pic, and Defendant Greenpeace, Inc. (“Greenpeace”), a non-profit environmental organization, are long-term foes in this Court. Shell has invested significant amounts of time and money in its search for oil in the Chukchi Sea, a stretch of ocean off the northwest coast of Alaska. Greenpeace regards Shell’s efforts as dangerous and environmentally irresponsible. As a result, it has engaged in several direct-action protests in an effort to impede…
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