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INSTITUTE OF CETACEAN v. SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION

No. 12-35266.

708 F.3d 1099 (2013)

INSTITUTE OF CETACEAN RESEARCH, a Japanese research foundation; Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha, Ltd., a Japanese corporation; Tomoyuki Ogawa, an individual; Toshiyuki Miura, an individual, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY, an Oregon nonprofit corporation; Paul Watson, an individual, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 25, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha Christie Helmer , John Neupert (argued) and James L. Phillips , Miller Nash, LLP, Portland, OR, for appellants.

Rachel Eve Buker , Daniel P. Harris (argued) and Charles Philip Moure , Harris & Moure, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for appellees.

Before: KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, TASHIMA and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

OPINION

KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:

You don't need a peg leg or an eye patch. When you ram ships; hurl glass containers of acid; drag metal-reinforced ropes in the water to damage propellers and rudders; launch smoke bombs and flares with hooks; and point high-powered lasers at other ships, you are, without a doubt, a pirate, no matter how high-minded you believe your purpose to be.

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