Appellate Commissioner Shaw of U.S. Court of Appeals for 9th Circuit Issues Recommendation in Case of Japan’s ICR Vs. Sea Shepherd; Final Ruling Still To Come Appellate Commissioner Peter Shaw late yesterday issued a report and recommended factual findings that undercut the attempt by Japan’s Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) to hold Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS), founder Paul Watson, SSCS’s current and former volunteer directors, and SSCS’s administrative director in contempt of court for allegedly violating a preliminary injunction issued in December 2012. Commissioner Shaw’s recommended findings strongly undercut ICR’s contempt claims. In a 79-page report, Commissioner Shaw repeatedly rejected ICR’s arguments and found that Watson, SSCS, and the SSCS leadership responded reasonably to the injunction, for example, by deciding to halt SSCS’s participation in OZT following the injunction. The Commissioner specifically rejected ICR’s claim that SSCS attempted to ignore or evade the injunction.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 22:41:44 +0000
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