ELR Citation: ELR 20450
No(s). 71-1669-FW (C.D. Cal. Jun 21, 1972)

The Secretary of the Interior acted ultra vires when he suspended Santa Barbara Channel oil leases, made pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, to allow Congress to consider legislation that would permanently prohibit drilling in the channel. the Secretary's power to suspend leases is li...