INSTITUTE OF CETACEAN RESEARCH v. SEA SHEPHERD

No. 12-35266.

774 F.3d 935 (2014)

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 December 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Neupert (argued), M. Christie Helmer , James L. Phillips , Sharae M. Wheeler , Miller Nash LLP, Portland, OR, for Plaintiffs.

Daniel P. Harris , Charles P. Moure , Rebecca Millican , Harris & Moure, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Defendant Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Timothy G. Leyh (argued), Michelle Buhler , Charles S. Jordan , Calfo Harrigan Leyh & Eakes, LLP, Seattle, WA, for Defendant Paul Watson.

David F. Taylor (argued), Kathleen M. O'Sullivan , Zachary P. Jones , Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA, for non-party respondents Lani Blazier, Marnie Gaede, Bob Talbot, Robert Wintner, and Ben Zuckerman.

Clare Loebs Davis , Katie Smith Matison , Lane Powell PC, Seattle, WA, for non-party respondent Susan Hartland.

Kristina S. Bennard , Julia D. Woog , Yarmuth Wilsdon PLLC, Seattle, WA, for non-party respondent Peter Rieman.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, A. WALLACE TASHIMA, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Institute of Cetacean Research (Cetacean), Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha, Ltd., Tomoyuki Ogawa, and Toshiyuki Miura (collectively, Plaintiffs) filed this contempt proceeding against Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (Sea Shepherd US), its founder Paul Watson, its...

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