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NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. v. MORTON

Civ. A. No. 2397-71.

337 F.Supp. 165 (1971)

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Rogers C. B. MORTON, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 16, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Stoel, Jr., Edward L. Strohbehn, Jr., Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Thomas L. McKevitt, Washington, D. C., for the Government.

OPINION AND ORDER

RICHEY, District Judge.

This case came before the Court on plaintiff's Motion for a Preliminary Injunction to prevent the defendants from leasing approximately 80 tracts on the Outer Continental Shelf off eastern Louisiana on or after December 21, 1971. Upon the execution of the leases, the lessees will have the exclusive right to drill on and extract oil and gas from the lease tracts and the...

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