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SIERRA CLUB v. MORTON

No. 74-3092.

510 F.2d 813 (1975)

SIERRA CLUB et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rogers C. B. MORTON et al., Defendants-Appellees, Shell Oil Company et al., Intervenors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 27, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce J. Terris, Helen Cohn Needham, Washington, D. C., John D. Hoffman, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Irwin L. Shroeder, William M. Cohn, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., J. Berry St. John, Jr., Gene W. Lafitte, New Orleans, La., Thomas A. Clark, John W. Boult, A. Broaddus Livingston, William M. Register, Jr., Tampa, Fla., Wallace H. Johnson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Edmund B. Clark, Raymond N. Zagone, Neil T. Proto, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEWIN, BELL and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

This case involves yet another clash between a federal agency and environmentalists over a proposed development of the nation's resources. The judicial focus, blurred as usual by the lack of technical and scientific expertise, is upon whether the impact statement compiled during consideration of the federal action satisfies the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C.A. § 4321 et seq.

At issue here is a lease sale by the...

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