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Nov 25, 2014 · On April 16 of this year, DOD informed the court that it had done its work and determined that the base expansion would have "no adverse effect" on the dugongs. But the procedures it employed to reach this determination seem to bear only rhetorical resemblance either to Section 106 review as conducted in the U.S., or to the direction of the court.
suggested a dugong-related lawsuit against the Henoko airbase construction, based on the U.S. government’s Endangered Species Act. After the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, however, environmentalist attorneys in the United States became wary of cases that might induce the U.S.
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The views of the Executive regarding the foreign policy consequences of a given 3 United States District Court 2 jurisdiction over particular petitioners . . . that opinion might well be entitled to deference as the 12 considered judgment of the Executive on a particular question of foreign policy”) (emphasis 13 omitted).
Jan 24, 2008 · The dugong ( Dugong dugon) is a species of marine mammal related to the manatee. Joint Statement of Undisputed Facts ¶ 2 (hereinafter "Undisputed Facts"). The waters surrounding Okinawa Island are habitat for the dugong whose range extends the costal and territorial waters of many countries in the Far East. Id.
Jan 19, 2019 · United States. 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”). On August 1, 2018, the district court granted the DoD’s cross-motion for summary judgment and entered final judgment.
Aug 15, 2008 · Abstract. 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. This article discusses the background and ...
Mar 1, 2005 · MARILYN PATEL, Chief Judge, District . Plaintiffs, consisting of the Okinawa dugong, American and Japanese environmental groups, and three individual Japanese citizens, brought this action against defendants Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, and the United States Department of Defense, alleging that defendants failed to comply with the requirements of the National Historic Preservation ...
