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VILLAGE OF KAKTOVIK v. WATT

Nos. 81-1752, 81-1753, 81-1774.

689 F.2d 222 (1982)

VILLAGE OF KAKTOVIK, et al. v. James G. WATT, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, et al., Appellants. NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH, et al. v. James G. WATT, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, et al., Appellants. NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, et al. v. James G. WATT, in his official capacity as Secretary, U. S. Department of the Interior, et al., Appellants, Amoco Production Company, Intervenor-Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn A. Oberly, Sp. Lit. Counsel, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellants in Nos. 81-1752, 81-1753 and 81-1774.

Bruce J. Terris, with whom James M. Hecker, Nathalie V. Black and Robert S. Blacher, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for North Slope Borough, et al., appellees in No. 81-1753.

Clifton E. Curtis, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for Village of Kaktovik, et al., appellees in No. 81-1752.

Patrick A. Parenteau, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for Nat. Wildlife Federation, et al., appellees in No. 81-1774.

E. Edward Bruce and Richard A. Meserve, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for amici curiae Atlantic Richfield Co., et al., urging reversal of the attorneys' fees orders in Nos. 81-1752, 81-1753 and 81-1774.

Before ROBB and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, and HAROLD H. GREENE, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILKEY.

Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by United States District Judge GREENE.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

This is an action for attorneys' fees and costs brought by plaintiffs/appellees, the Alaskan Village of Kaktovik, the Alaskan governmental entity of North Slope Borough, and the National Wildlife Federation. Plaintiffs challenged the decision of defendant/appellant Secretary of the...

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