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Ninth Circuit Finds No Standing Where Alleged Injury Could Only Be Redressed by Renegotiating Treaty

In Tinian Women Ass’n v. U.S. Dep’t of the Navy, No. 18-16723 (9th Cir. Sept. 20, 2020), the Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal of an environmental-law claim concerning the relocation of American troops from Okinawa, Japan to Guam. Rather than rule on the political question doctrine presented by the Government, the panel rests instead on theContinue reading “Ninth Circuit Finds No Standing Where Alleged Injury Could Only Be Redressed by Renegotiating Treaty”