CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
James G. WATT, et al., Defendants,
Atlantic Richfield Company, et al., Intervenor-Defendants.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Plaintiff,
v.
James G. WATT, et al., Defendants,
Atlantic Richfield Company, et al., Intervenor-Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 28, 1983.
March 28, 1983.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
E. Edward Bruce, Washington, D.C., argued, for intervenors-defendants; Richard A. Merserve and Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., on brief.
Robert R. Ruddock, New England Legal Foundation, and Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, New England Council, Boston, Mass., on brief amicus curiae for all defendants.
Douglas I. Foy, Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, Mass., argued, for plaintiffs in No. 83-0506-MA; Alan Fryer, Donald Berry, and Cheryl Conner, Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, Mass., on brief.
Margaret Strand, Land and Natural Resource Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued, for all defendants; Carol E. Dinkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Gary B. Randall, Land and Natural Resource Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on brief.
Stephen M. Leonard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., argued, for plaintiff in No. 83-0530-MA; Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., and Lee Breckenridge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., on brief.
Irwin I. Kimmelman, Atty. Gen. and Mary C. Jacobson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard J. Hughes, Trenton, N.J., on brief amicus curiae filed by New Jersey for plaintiff in No. 83-0530-MA.
John K. Van de Kamp, Atty. Gen., N. Gregory Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Theodora Berger, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., on brief amicus curiae filed by California for plaintiff in No. 83-0530-MA.
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MAZZONE, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the motions of the plaintiffs, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), and ten other environmental organizations and fishery associations for a preliminary injunction. The plaintiffs seek to enjoin James G. Watt, Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary), from conducting a sale of leases for the exploration, development and production of oil...
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