California Sonar Case - Winter v. NRDC Resource Page

Settlement Documents

NRDC News Release

Dismissal pleadings are available here  and here.

Supreme Court Decision

Winter v. NRDC Decision

Oral Argument Transcript

Transcript here.

Merits Briefs

• The Government's brief is here. 
• NRDC's brief is here.
• California Coastal Commission's brief is here.
• The Government's scheduling motion is here.
• The Government's Reply Brief is here.

Amicus Briefs in Favor of the Government:

• The Amicus Brief of nine retired Admirals, the Navy League and other civic organizations is here.  
• California Forestry Association's brief here.
• Pacific Legal Foundation's brief here.
• Washington Legal Foundation's brief here.

Amicus Briefs in Favor of NRDC:

• Ecological Society of America brief here.
• Two California legislators brief is here.
• Several conservation organizations filed a brief here.
• Two UCLA law professors filed a brief here.

Petition Stage Briefs:

• The United States' Petition for a Writ of Certiorari is here.
• NRDC's Opposition is here.
• The government's Reply is here.
• Order Granting Petition for Cert is here.

Decisions and Other Orders Below:

The Ninth Circuit opinion is here,

The Central District of California decisions are here and here.

The Presidential exemption from CZMA is here.

Media Coverage - Blogs:  The Navy Sonar Case and Kelo from www.inversecondemnation.com.

Did Environmental Quibbling Facilitate the Attack on Pearl Harbor? You Tell Us and No Hobgoblinry at the New York Times from Gideon's Trumpet.

Oral Argument Recap from SCOTUSBLOG. 

Opiniojuris.org Blog:  http://opiniojuris.org/2008/10/08/cases-to-watch-this-supreme-court-term/

Switchboard.nrdc blog:  http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/sdodd/whales_get_their_day_in_court.html

SCOTUSBLOG: here.

Media Coverage - Traditional Media:

New York Times: here.

Honolulu Advertiser:  here.

L.A. Times: here.

Nature.com: here.

Washington Post:  here. 

ABC News interview with Rear Admiral Pietropaoli, USN (ret.): here.

Wall Street Journal: here.

Honolulu Advertiser:  here.

CNN:  here.

Washington Post hearing coverage - here.

L.A. Times today, http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/scotus/la-na-scotus9-2008oct09,0,392245.story

L.A. Times earlier, http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-scotus28-2008sep28,0,3657575.story

L.A. Times earlier, http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/24/nation/na-scotus24

New York Times earlier article.