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ShellNo Cases Update: Violations dismissed, fine reduced

ShellNo Cases Update: Violations dismissed, fine reduced

by | Apr 28, 2016 | Blog, Cases

The Civil Liberties Defense Center represented four ShellNo protesters who were charged with civil penalty violations before U.S. Coast Guard Hearing Officers in military tribunals instead of civilian courts. We are happy to report good news about two of those cases...
Victory in Shell No! Bridge Protest Case

Victory in Shell No! Bridge Protest Case

by | Mar 14, 2016 | Blog

Last week, in Shell Offshore v. Greenpeace, the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order vacating a civil contempt order that was issued against Greenpeace last summer during the Shell No! banner hang off the St. John’s Bridge. In July, a number of...
The Necessity of the Necessity Defense

The Necessity of the Necessity Defense

by | Mar 10, 2016 | Blog, Cases

Last May, I watched the news reports about the girl who attached herself to the anchor chain of Shell’s Arctic Challenger as it sat in the Bellingham Bay—preparing to head to the Arctic to be part of Shell’s plan to drill for oil there, and to surely...

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