STATE v. GREENPEACE, INC.

Nos. A-9363, A-9393, A-9394.

187 P.3d 499 (2008)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. GREENPEACE, INC., and Arne J. Sorensen, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

July 3, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tamara E. de Lucia, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and David W. Márquez, Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellant.

G. Blair McCune, Anchorage, for the Appellee/Cross-Appellant Greenpeace, Inc.

James D. Gilmore, Clapp, Peterson, Van Flein, Tiemessen & Thorsness, LLC, Anchorage, for the Appellee/Cross-Appellant Sorensen.

Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and STEWART, Judges.


OPINION

STEWART, Judge.

In July 2004, the vessel Arctic Sunrise docked in Ketchikan en route to an anti-logging campaign for the environmental group Greenpeace, Inc. When the vessel arrived in Ketchikan on July 12, it did not have an approved oil spill contingency plan or certificate of financial responsibility as required by state law.1 When the vessel departed Ketchikan two days later, these regulatory requirements...

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