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: Legal Pad | LA9th Circuit upholds Navy sonar ruling
By Jason Siegel
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction a federal judge issued last month baring the Navy from using high-powered sonar near the coast and rejecting President Bush's attempt to exempt the Navy from environmental laws, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The restriction on the Navy's sonar training off the Southern California coast was based on the finding that it harms marine mammals, including whale and dolphin species.
The ruling sets a precedent for federal courts in California and eight other Western states, the SF Chronicle reported. A federal judge in Hawai'i similarly restricted Navy sonar exercises off last Friday.
Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on March 04, 2008 (boomark / email).
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