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CONSERVATION LAW FOUND. OF NEW ENGLAND v. WATT

Civ. A. Nos. 83-0506-MA, 83-0530-MA.

586 F.Supp. 1238 (1984)

CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION OF NEW ENGLAND, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. James G. WATT, et al., Defendants, Atlantic Richfield Company, et al., Intervenors. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Plaintiff, v. James G. WATT, et al., Defendants, Atlantic Richfield Company, et al., Intervenors.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

April 25, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas I. Foy, Boston, Mass., argued, for plaintiffs; R. Alan Fryer, Donald Berry, and Cheryl Conner, Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, Mass., on brief.

Margaret Strand, Washington, D.C., argued, for defendants; Carol E. Dinkins, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Gary B. Randall, Land and Natural Resource Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on brief.

E. Edward Bruce, Washington, D.C., argued, for intervenors/defendants; Richard A. Meserve and Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., on brief.

Robert R. Ruddock, New England Legal Foundation, and Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, New England Council, Boston, Mass., on brief amicus curiae for all defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MAZZONE, District Judge.

The plaintiffs, the Conservation Law Foundation of New England, Inc. (CLF), the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and ten environmental organizations and fishery associations brought suit to enjoin James G. Watt, then Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary), from conducting a sale of leases for the exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas in the Georges Bank region of the Outer Continental...

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