Home/Case Law/Ninth Circuit/State of California California Coastal Commission Gray Davis, Governor Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, and Natural Resources Defense Council League for Coastal Protection Get Oil Out! Citizens Planning Association of Santa Barbara California Public Interest Research Group Sierra Club Friends of the Sea Otter California Coastkeeper Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Santa Monica Baykeeper, Inc., Intervenors-Appellees, and Santa Barbara County San Luis Obispo County, Intervenors-Appellees v. Gale Norton, Secretary of the Department of Interior United States Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service Regional Supervisor of the Minerals Management Service, and Aera Energy LLC Conoco, Inc. Nuevo Energy Company Poseidon Petroleum, LLC Samedan Oil Corp., Intervenors-Appellants. State of California California Coastal Commission Gray Davis, Governor Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, and Natural Resources Defense Council League for Coastal Protection Get Oil Out! Citizens Planning Association of Santa Barbara California Public Interest Research Group Sierra Club Friends of the Sea Otter California Coastkeeper Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Santa Monica Baykeeper, Inc., Intervenors-Appellees, and Santa Barbara County San Luis Obispo County, Intervenors-Appellees v. Gale Norton, Secretary of the Department of Interior United States Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service Regional Supervisor of the Minerals Management Service, and Aera Energy LLC Conoco, Inc. Nuevo Energy Company Poseidon Petroleum, LLC Samedan Oil Corp., Intervenors-Appellants
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No. 779986
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
State of California California Coastal Commission Gray Davis, Governor Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, and Natural Resources Defense Council League for Coastal Protection Get Oil Out! Citizens Planning Association of Santa Barbara California Public Interest Research Group Sierra Club Friends of the Sea Otter California Coastkeeper Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Santa Monica Baykeeper, Inc., Intervenors-Appellees, and Santa Barbara County San Luis Obispo County, Intervenors-Appellees v. Gale Norton, Secretary of the Department of Interior United States Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service Regional Supervisor of the Minerals Management Service, and Aera Energy LLC Conoco, Inc. Nuevo Energy Company Poseidon Petroleum, LLC Samedan Oil Corp., Intervenors-Appellants. State of California California Coastal Commission Gray Davis, Governor Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, and Natural Resources Defense Council League for Coastal Protection Get Oil Out! Citizens Planning Association of Santa Barbara California Public Interest Research Group Sierra Club Friends of the Sea Otter California Coastkeeper Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Santa Monica Baykeeper, Inc., Intervenors-Appellees, and Santa Barbara County San Luis Obispo County, Intervenors-Appellees v. Gale Norton, Secretary of the Department of Interior United States Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service Regional Supervisor of the Minerals Management Service, and Aera Energy LLC Conoco, Inc. Nuevo Energy Company Poseidon Petroleum, LLC Samedan Oil Corp., Intervenors-Appellants
No. 779986 · Decided December 2, 2002
No. 779986·Ninth Circuit · 2002·
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Case Details
Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided
December 2, 2002
Citation
No. 779986
Disposition
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State of California California Coastal Commission Gray Davis, Governor Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, and Natural Resources Defense Council League for Coastal Protection Get Oil Out! Citizens Planning Association of Santa Barbara California Public Interest Research Group Sierra Club Friends of the Sea Otter California Coastkeeper Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Santa Monica Baykeeper, Inc., Intervenors-Appellees, and Santa Barbara County San Luis Obispo County, Intervenors-Appellees v. Gale Norton, Secretary of the Department of Interior United States Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service Regional Supervisor of the Minerals Management Service, and Aera Energy LLC Conoco, Inc. Nuevo Energy Company Poseidon Petroleum, LLC Samedan Oil Corp., Intervenors-Appellants. State of California California Coastal Commission Gray Davis, Governor Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, and Natural Resources Defense Council League for Coastal Protection Get Oil Out! Citizens Planning Association of Santa Barbara California Public Interest Research Group Sierra Club Friends of the Sea Otter California Coastkeeper Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Santa Monica Baykeeper, Inc., Intervenors-Appellees, and Santa Barbara County San Luis Obispo County, Intervenors-Appellees v. Gale Norton, Secretary of the Department of Interior United States Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service Regional Supervisor of the Minerals Management Service, and Aera Energy LLC Conoco, Inc. Nuevo Energy Company Poseidon Petroleum, LLC Samedan Oil Corp., Intervenors-Appellants is a decision of the Ninth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for State of California California Coastal Commission Gray Davis, Governor Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, and Natural Resources Defense Council League for Coastal Protection Get Oil Out! Citizens Planning Association of Santa Barbara California Public Interest Research Group Sierra Club Friends of the Sea Otter California Coastkeeper Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Santa Monica Baykeeper, Inc., Intervenors-Appellees, and Santa Barbara County San Luis Obispo County, Intervenors-Appellees v. Gale Norton, Secretary of the Department of Interior United States Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service Regional Supervisor of the Minerals Management Service, and Aera Energy LLC Conoco, Inc. Nuevo Energy Company Poseidon Petroleum, LLC Samedan Oil Corp., Intervenors-Appellants. State of California California Coastal Commission Gray Davis, Governor Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, and Natural Resources Defense Council League for Coastal Protection Get Oil Out! Citizens Planning Association of Santa Barbara California Public Interest Research Group Sierra Club Friends of the Sea Otter California Coastkeeper Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Santa Monica Baykeeper, Inc., Intervenors-Appellees, and Santa Barbara County San Luis Obispo County, Intervenors-Appellees v. Gale Norton, Secretary of the Department of Interior United States Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service Regional Supervisor of the Minerals Management Service, and Aera Energy LLC Conoco, Inc. Nuevo Energy Company Poseidon Petroleum, LLC Samedan Oil Corp., Intervenors-Appellants in the current circuit citation data.
This case was decided on December 2, 2002.
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