Legal Opinion
American Petroleum Institute v. Knecht
District Court, C.D. California
Decided August 31, 1978No. CV 77-3375-RJKPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
KELLEHER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs American Petroleum Institute, Western Oil and Gas Association, and certain oil company members of the aforesaid Institute and Association brought this action against three federal officials (“the federal defendants”) in their official capacities as Secretary of Commerce, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”), and Acting Associate Administrator of the Office of Coastal Zone Management (“OCZM”), seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against defendants’ imminent grant of “final…
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