CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION OF NEW ENGLAND, INC. et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants,
v.
Cecil D. ANDRUS, etc. et al., Defendants, Appellees,
Atlantic Richfield Company et al., Intervenors, Appellees.
COMMONWEALTH of MASSACHUSETTS, Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
Cecil D. ANDRUS, etc. et al., Defendants, Appellees,
Atlantic Richfield Company et al., Intervenors, Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 6, 1979.
Decided December 17, 1979.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Douglas I. Foy, Boston, Mass., with whom Sarah M. Bates, Alan Wilson, Boston, Mass.,
Frederick Small, and Kenneth T. Hoffman, Cambridge, Mass., were on brief, for appellants in 79-1585.
Stephen M. Leonard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen. and Jose R. Allen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellant in 79-1586.
Maryann Walsh, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom James W. Moorman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Peter R. Steenland, Jr., William M. Cohen, Michael W. Reed and Patricia Young, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Lawrence R. Hoese, Dept. of Interior and John A. Milholland, Dept. of Commerce, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for federal appellees.
Allen P. Rubine, Deputy Atty. Gen., Providence, R. I., with whom Dennis J. Roberts, II, Atty. Gen., Providence, R. I., was on brief, for the State of Rhode Island, J. Joseph Garrahy, Governor intervenor appellee.
E. Edward Bruce, Washington, D. C., with whom Mark D. Nozette, Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., G. M. Moriarty, Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., I. Berry St. John, Jr., and Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, La., were on brief, for intervenor-appellees Atlantic Richfield, et al.
Neil L. Lynch, Boston, Mass., Chief Counsel to the Governor, Edward L. Selgrade, Boston, Mass., and Paul T. Gilrain, Swampscott, Mass., on brief for Edward J. King, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts amicus curiae.
Harrison A. Fitch, Boston, Mass., on brief for New England Legal Foundation the New England Council, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, and the New Bedford Chamber of Commerce in support of appellees, amicus curiae.
Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, and ZOBEL, U. S. District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
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