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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.


By Fiona Smith


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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