Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Rogers C. B. Morton, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the Department of Interior
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 13, 1972No. 71-2031PublishedCited by 432 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal raises a question as to the scope of the requirement of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)1 that environmental impact statements contain a discussion of alternatives. Before us is the Environmental Impact Statement filed October 28, 1971, by the Department of Interior with respect to its proposal, under § 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act,2 for the oil and gas general lease sale, of leases to some 80 tracts óf submerged lands, primarily off-eastern Louisiana. The proposal was finally structured so as to embrace al*830most 380,000 aeres,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by432 opinions
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- Portland Cement Association v. RuckelshausCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Reserve Mining Co. v. HerbstSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
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