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WATT v. ALASKA

No. 79-1890.

451 U.S. 259 (1981)

WATT, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, ET AL. v. ALASKA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 21, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Claiborne argued the cause for petitioners in No. 79-1890. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General McCree, Assistant Attorney General Moorman, and Dirk D. Snel. Charles K. Cranston argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner in No. 79-1904.

G. Thomas Koester, Assistant Attorney General of Alaska, argued the cause for respondents in both cases. With him on the brief was Wilson L. Condon, Attorney General.

JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

The narrow issue presented by these cases is which of two federal statutes provides the formula for distribution of revenues received from oil and gas leases on national wildlife refuges reserved from public lands.

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The Kenai National Moose Range was created in 1941 by the withdrawal of nearly two million acres from public lands on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. See Exec. Order No. 8979, 3 CFR 1043...

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