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GULF OIL CORPORATION v. MORTON

No. 71-1669.

345 F.Supp. 685 (1972)

GULF OIL CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs, v. The Honorable Rogers C. B. MORTON, Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

June 21, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Samuel O. Pruitt, Jr., G. Edward Fitzgerald, R. Randall Huff, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Myles E. Flint and Andrew F. Walch, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants; William D. Keller, U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel.

George P. Kading, County Counsel, County of Santa Barbara, Marvin Levine, Melbourne B. Weddle, A. Barry Cappello, City Atty. City of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Cal., A. L. Wirin, Fred Okrand, Los Angeles, Cal., amici curiae.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

WHELAN, District Judge.

This is an action for relief in the nature of mandamus and declaratory relief whereby plaintiffs, who are lessees under leases granted by the United States, seek an order requiring defendants to vacate and set aside the 1971 suspension order issued by defendant Morton. The suspension order suspended the right of plaintiffs to drill for oil on their respective leased premises located in the Santa Barbara Channel...

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