Institute of Cetacean Research, a Japanese research foundation v. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an Oregon nonprofit corporation

FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
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.
No. 12-35266
D.C. No.
2:11-cv-02043-
RAJ
ORDER
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Washington
Richard A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted
October 9, 2012—Seattle, Washington
Filed December 17, 2012

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INST. OF CETACEAN RESEARCH V. SEA SHEPHERD 2
Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, A. Wallace Tashima,
and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
Order
ORDER
Defendants Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Paul
Watson, and any party acting in concert with them
(collectively “defendants”), are enjoined from physically
attacking any vessel engaged by Plaintiffs the Institute of
Cetacean Research, Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha, Ltd., Tomoyuki
Ogawa or Toshiyuki Miura in the Southern Ocean or any
person on any such vessel (collectively “plaintiffs”), or from
navigating in a manner that is likely to endanger the safe
navigation of any such vessel. In no event shall defendants
approach plaintiffs any closer than 500 yards when
defendants are navigating on the open sea. This injunction
pending appeal is issued pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 8 and
Fed. R. Civ. P. 62(g), and shall remain in place until we issue
an opinion on the merits of this appeal.

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