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Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 31-35","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-1239.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 31-35"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 7-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-1239.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 7-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 7-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-1239.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 7-19"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 7-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-1239.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 7-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 13-25","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-1239.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 13-25"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 49-51","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-1239.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 49-51"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 15-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-1239.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 15-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 21-29","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-1239.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 21-29"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 47-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-1239.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 47-7"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 49-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-1239.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 49-49"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 7-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-1239.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 7-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 31-35","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-1239.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 31-35"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 51-3","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-1239.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 51-3"}]}],"slug":"2008-07-1239-winter-v-natural-resources-defense-council-inc","term":"2008","title":"Should the Navy use sonar for training?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 29, lines 45-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-1239.pdf","page_label":"file page 29, lines 45-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-11","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2008/07-1239.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-11"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}