COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees,
v.
James G. WATT, et al., Defendants, Appellants.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees,
v.
James G. WATT, et al., Defendants, Appellees.
Atlantic Richfield Company, et al., Intervenor-Defendants, Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued June 6, 1983.
Decided September 16, 1983.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Anne S. Almy, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Carol E. Dinkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Peter R. Steenland, Jr., Margaret Strand and Nancy B. Firestone, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for James G. Watt, et al.
E. Edward Bruce, Washington, D.C., with whom Richard A. Meserve, David K. Flynn, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., G. Marshall Moriarty and Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Atlantic Richfield Co., Conoco, Inc., Gulf Oil Corp., Shell Oil Co., Texaco, Inc., Chevron, U.S.A., Inc., Exxon Corp., Mobil Oil Corp. and Tenneco Oil Exploration and Production.
Robert R. Ruddock, Boston, Mass., on brief, for the New England Legal Foundation, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, and the New England Council, amicus curiae.
Stephen M. Leonard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Environmental Protection Div., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass. and Lee Breckenridge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Environmental Protection Div., Nashville, Tenn., were on brief, for Com. of Mass.
Douglas I. Foy, Boston, Mass., with whom Steven D. Stark, Alan Wilson, R. Alan Fryer, Donald S. Berry and Nancy Marks, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellees Conservation Law Foundation, et al.
Irwin I. Kimmelman, Atty. Gen., James J. Ciancia, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mary C. Jacobson, and John M. Van Dalen, Deputy Attys. Gen., Trenton, N.J., on brief, for State of N.J., amicus curiae.
John K. Van De Kamp, Atty. Gen., N. Gregory Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Theodora Berger, Asst. Atty. Gen. and John A. Saurenman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., on brief, for the People of the State of Cal. ex rel. John K. Van De Kamp., and the State of Cal. on behalf of the California Coastal Com'n, amicus curiae.
Before COFFIN and BREYER, Circuit Judges, and SELYA, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
The government asks us to set aside a preliminary injunction stopping it from auctioning rights to drill for oil on 488 tracts near Georges Bank, a fishing area in the North Atlantic off the New England Coast. The district court, 560 F.Supp. 561, acting at the request of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Conservation Law Foundation, issued the injunction (after a brief hearing) on March 28, 1983...
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