CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY v. JEWELL

No. 12-1431.

779 F.3d 588 (2015)

CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY, Petitioner v. Sally JEWELL and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Respondents American Petroleum Institute, et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 6, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Livermore argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Steven Sugarman.

David C. Shilton , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Robert G. Dreher , Acting Assistant Attorney General, and John E. Arbab , Attorney.

Steven J. Rosenbaum , Bradley K. Ervin , Harry M. Ng , and Stacy R. Linden were on the brief for intervenors American Petroleum Institute, et al. in support of respondents.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.


The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the United States is a vast underwater expanse nearly equal in size to the Australian continent. Beginning a few miles from the U.S. coast, where states' jurisdiction ends, the OCS extends roughly two hundred miles into the ocean to the seaward limit of the international-law jurisdiction...

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