Legal Opinion
Village of False Pass v. Watt
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided May 6, 1983No. A 83-176 CivPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FITZGERALD, District Judge.
In July of 1982, Secretary of the Interior James Watt approved a final five year plan for opening vast areas of the outer continental shelf to oil and gas leasing, exploration and development. The present sale, Lease Sale No. 70, proposes to lease 479 tracts in the St. George Basin of Alaska’s Bering Sea. Like almost every lease sale that the department has undertaken, this sale has been met with a formidable court challenge. 1
The plaintiffs are the Villages of False Pass and Nelson Lagoon; the Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association and the United Fishermen of…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Tennessee Valley Authority v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Yakus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Village of False Pass, Cross-Appellees v. William C. Clark, Cross-Appellants, Amoco Production Company, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Southern Oregon Citizens Against Toxic Sprays, Inc. v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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