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COM. OF MASS. v. CLARK

Civ. A. Nos. 84-2757-MA, 84-2766-MA.

594 F.Supp. 1373 (1984)

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Plaintiff, v. William P. CLARK, Secretary of the Interior, and the United States Department of the Interior, Defendants. CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION OF NEW ENGLAND, INC., Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Association, Massachusetts Inshore Draggerman's Association, Natural Resources Defense Council, Nantucket Land Council, Greenpeace New England, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions, Sierra Club, Plaintiffs, v. William P. CLARK, as he is Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, Malcolm T. Baldridge, as he is Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

September 26, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas I. Foy, Armond M. Cohen, R. Alan Fryer, Conservation Law Foundation of New England, Inc., Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs in No. 84-2766-MA.

William Cohen, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Ralph A. Child, Asst. U.S. Atty., Deputy Chief, Civ. Div., Boston, Mass., for defendants in Nos. 84-2757-MA, 84-2766-MA.

E. Edward Bruce, John Thomas Smith, II, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., Robert R. Ruddock, N.E. Legal Foundation, George Marshall Moriarty, John D. Donovan, Jr., Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., for intervenor-defendants in No. 84-2766-MA.

Stephen M. Leonard, Lee Breckenridge, Dept. of the Atty. Gen., EPD, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff in No. 84-2757-MA.

George Marshall Moriarty, Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., for intervenor-defendants in No. 84-2757-MA.

Robert R. Ruddock, N.E. Legal Foundation, Boston, Mass., amicus curiae in No. 84-2757-MA.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MAZZONE, District Judge.

Once again, this Court is involved with the efforts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the Commonwealth), and the Conservation Law Foundation and associated environmental groups (CLF) to enjoin the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) from leasing sections of the outer continental shelf located off the coast of Massachusetts. On August 27, 1984, the Secretary published a...

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