Legal Opinion
Oceana v. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 23, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2012-0981PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, District Judge.
Four national environmental groups brought this suit against several federal agencies to challenge the approval of two oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico. The agencies have moved to transfer the case to the Southern District of Alabama. Their motion will be denied.
I. BACKGROUND
After the oil rig known as the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico, releasing almost five million barrels of oil over many weeks, the agency now known as the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management reconsidered the environmental hazards of…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Center for Environmental Science Accuracy and Reliability v. National Park ServiceDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
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- Oceana, Inc. v. PritzkerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2013
- State v. U.S. Army Corps of Eng'rsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
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