Legal Opinion
Center for Sustainable Economy v. Sally Jewell
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 6, 2015No. 12-1431PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*592Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge PILLARD.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.
PILLARD, Circuit Judge:
The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the United States is a vast underwater expanse nearly equal in size to the Australian continent. Beginning a few miles from the U.S. coast, where states’ jurisdiction ends, the OCS extends roughly two hundred miles into the ocean to the seaward limit of the international-law jurisdiction of the United States.1 Billions of barrels of oil and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas lie beneath the OCS.2 There is enough oil beneath the…
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- United States v. L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
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