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GULF OIL CORPORATION v. MORTON

No. 72-2449.

493 F.2d 141 (1973)

GULF OIL CORPORATION et al., Plaintiff-Appellees, v. The Honorable Rogers C. B. MORTON, Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America, et al., Defendant-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Keller, U.S. Atty. and Donald J. Merriman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., Jacques B. Gelin (argued), Kent Frizzell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edmund B. Clark, Myles E. Flint, Attys., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellants.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher-Samuel O. Pruitt, Jr., (argued), A. L. Wirin, and Fred Okrand (argued) for amici curiae, Los Angeles, Cal.

Marvin Levine, Deputy Co. Counsel, Santa Barbara, Cal., for plaintiff-appellees.

Before CHAMBERS and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and BOLDT, District Judge.

OPINION

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by the Secretary of the Interior and subordinate federal officials from a judgment (1) setting aside the Secretary's orders suspending drilling operations on eleven oil and gas leases in the Santa Barbara Channel, (2) directing the Secretary to forthwith grant all pending applications for drilling permits, and (3) extending the initial term of these leases for 32...

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