Legal Opinion
Ctr for Biological Diversity v. Ken Salazar
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 30, 2012No. 10-60411, 10-60413 to 10-60416, 10-60417, 10-60468, 10-60475, 10-60483, 10-60488, 10-60489, 10-60491, 10-60496, 10-60499, 10-60500 and 10-60490PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
On April 20, 2010, BP’s Deepwater Horizon, an oil drilling rig on the outer continental shelf, 50 miles from Louisiana, exploded, causing a three-month long spill of 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Before and during the oil spill, the Department of the Interior (DOI) 2 con tinued to process mineral lessees’ applications for approval of plans for exploration and development of new oil wells.
The petitioners, the Sierra Club, the Gulf Restoration Network, and the Center for Biological Diversity (the Center), nonprofit environmental protection…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Lujan v. Defenders of WildlifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jones v. BockSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better EnvironmentSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Woodford v. NgoSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Century Exploration New Orleans, LLC v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2014
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