Legal Opinion
Conservation Law Foundation of New England, Inc. v. Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 5, 1986No. 85-1860PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal, taken by the Secretary of the Interior, hereafter Secretary, from an award of counsel fees arises from one of the Secretary’s unsuccessful attempts to sell leases of oil exploration and drilling rights on the continental shelf in the commercially and environmentally important Georges Bank area. On August 27, 1984, the Secretary published a final notice of sale, pursuant to 43 U.S.C. § 1337(l), setting the date for Lease Sale 82, Part I, 1 involving 1,138 blocks and 6.3 million acres, for thirty days later (September 26, 1984), the minimum time…
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