Legal Opinion
Alaska Wilderness League v. Sally Jewell
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 11, 2015No. 13-35866PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dissent by Judge D.W. NELSON.
OPINION
NGUYEN, .Circuit Judge:
Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. and Shell Offshore Inc. (collectively “Shell”) for many years have sought to develop offshore oil and gas resources in the remote Beaufort and Chukchi seas on Alaska’s Arctic coast. Shell secured leases for the Beaufort Sea in 2005 and 2007, and the Chukchi Sea in 2008, but its exploration efforts have been waylaid by a variety of legal, logistical, and environmental problems, including multiple lawsuits,1 the wreck of one of its drill rigs,2 and the temporary suspension of drilling activities in the Arctic…
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