STATE OF ALASKA v. ANDRUS

No. 76-1829.

580 F.2d 465 (1978)

STATE OF ALASKA et al., Appellants, v. Cecil D. ANDRUS et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 24, 1978.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford Sagalkin, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Alaska, Juneau, Alaska, Supreme Court of Alaska pro hac vice by special leave of Court and Bruce J. Terris, Washington, D. C., with whom Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen. of Alaska, Juneau, Alaska, was on the brief, for appellants.

Kathryn A. Oberly, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Peter R. Taft, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raymond N. Zagona and William M. Cohen, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for federal appellees. Edmund B. Clark, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for federal appellees.

E. Edward Bruce, Washington, D. C., for appellees, Western Oil & Gas Ass'n, et al.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and LEVENTHAL and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge BAZELON.

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

On April 13, 1976, the Department of the Interior (DOI) offered for bid over one million acres of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Appellants challenge the legality of that lease sale and seek to have it set aside. They argue both that the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prepared by DOI in connection with the sale does not satisfy the...

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