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Nov 25, 2014 · Will the court find that whenever the U.S. Department of Defense decides that national security and international relations are involved, U.S. courts have no jurisdiction over how DOD planning considers environmental impacts and addresses the concerns of the affected public?
A. The Okinawa Dugong The dugong is a species of marine mammal resembling a manatee. See Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Hagel, 80 F. Supp. 3d 991,994 (N.D. Cal. 2015) (Okinawa Dugong III). Dugong populations are often small and isolated, and live only in saltwater. See generally 68 Fed. Reg. 70185 (Dec. 17, 2003). Dugongs have long lifespans ...
ABSTRACT: In January 2008, a U.S. federal court in San Francisco ruled that the U.S. DefenseDepartment’splanstoconstructanewU.S.offshoreMarineairbaseinOki-nawa violated the National Historic Preservation Act by not protecting a Japanese “national monument,” the endangered Okinawa dugong.
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Jan 19, 2019 · This Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (“ [t]he courts of appeals . . . shall have jurisdiction of appeals from all final decisions of the district courts of the United States”).
Aug 15, 2008 · In January 2008, a U.S. federal court in San Francisco ruled that the U.S. Defense Department's plans to construct a new U.S. offshore Marine airbase in Okinawa violated the National Historic Preservation Act by not protecting a Japanese “national monument,” the endangered Okinawa dugong.
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Feb 13, 2015 · According to the Government, this Court lacks jurisdiction to grant any of the relief requested by Plaintiffs because the DoD's decision to construct a military base overseas is an unreviewable Executive decision made at the apex of the President's foreign policy and national defense powers.
In 2003, the plaintiffs (the Okinawa dugong, American and Japanese environmental groups and three Japanese citizens) filed their case in the United States District Court, Northern District of California against Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, and the United States DOD, alleging defendants failed to comply with the Administrative P...
