Legal Opinion
National Wildlife Federation v. Watt
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 6, 1983No. Civ. A. 83-2648PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
This is an action by plaintiffs against the Secretary of Interior to declare illegal and to enjoin his planned issuance of leases to certain coal lands in Montana and North Dakota. The Honorable Morris Udall, Chairman of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, has intervened as a plaintiff. Potential lessees have intervened as defendants.
At issue is the legality of the Secretary’s refusal to withhold issuance of the leases as required by section 204(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. § 1714(e), and a…
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