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NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH v. ANDRUS

Civ. A. Nos. 79-3193, 79-3199, 79-3216.

486 F.Supp. 326 (1979)

NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH et al., Plaintiffs, v. Cecil D. ANDRUS and Richard A. Frank, Defendants, Atlantic Richfield Company et al., Intervenor-Defendants. NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION et al., Plaintiffs, v. Cecil D. ANDRUS and Richard A. Frank, Defendants, Atlantic Richfield Company et al., Intervenor-Defendants. VILLAGE OF KAKTOVIK et al., Plaintiffs, v. Cecil D. ANDRUS and Richard A. Frank, Defendants, Atlantic Richfield Company et al., Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 7, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Terris, Edward M. Comer, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs in No. 79-3193.

Patrick A. Parenteau, Thomas G. Tomasello, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs in No. 79-3199.

Clifton E. Curtis, James N. Barnes, Leonard C. Meeker, Center for Law & Social Policy, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs in No. 79-3126.

Margaret Strand, Department of Justice, for defendants Andrus and Frank in all cases; E. Edward Bruce, John T. Smith, II, Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., for intervenor-defendants in all cases.

Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Robert M. Maynard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert H. Loeffler and Alan Cope Johnston, Morrison & Foerster, Washington D. C., for amicus curiae State of Alaska.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

AUBREY E. ROBINSON, Jr., District Judge.

In this case three groups of Plaintiffs have filed suit against Cecil D. Andrus, Secretary of the United States Department of Interior and Richard A. Frank, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, seeking to prevent the sale of oil and gas leases in the Beaufort Sea. Nine major oil producers have been granted leave to intervene as party-defendants, and the...

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