U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Feb. 27, 2013
9th Circuit brands anti-whaling group a 'pirate,' orders it to stop harassing Japanese vessels
A federal appellate court has stepped into a war over whaling being waged in the distant Southern Ocean off Antarctica, calling an anti-whaling group a pirate and ordering it to stop harassing Japanese hunting vessels.




Daily Journal Staff Writer
A federal appellate court has stepped into a war over whaling being waged in the distant Southern Ocean off Antarctica, calling an anti-whaling group a pirate and ordering it to stop harassing Japanese hunting vessels.
The three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also voted 2-1 late Monday to remove the Seattle judge assigned to the case, finding that he had made "numerous, serio...
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