US Navy sonar use ruling [9th Circuit] News
US Navy sonar use ruling [9th Circuit]

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. et al., v. David C. Winter, Secretary of the Navy, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, February 29, 2008 [rejecting an attempt to exempt the US Navy from environmental laws so that it could continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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