Legal Opinion
Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 23, 2026No. Civil Action No. 2024-2014Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, Plaintiff, Case No. 1:24-cv-02014 (TNM) v. DOUG BURGUM, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Producing oil and gas at sea requires infrastructure like platforms, wells, and pipelines. The Department of the Interior regulates what oil and gas leaseholders must do to decommission that infrastructure. To help inform its leasing and enforcement decisions, Interior prepared two programmatic environmental assessments on decommissioning structures in the waters off the Gulf Coast. The Center for Biological…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Lujan v. National Wildlife FederationSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Clapper v. Amnesty International USASupreme Court of the United States · 2013
- Marsh v. Oregon Natural Resources CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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