National Wildlife Fed'n v. Watt

ELR Citation: ELR 20043
No(s). 83-2648 (D.D.C. Sep 28, 1983)

The court enjoins the Secretary of the Interior from issuing coal leases that the House Committee on the Interior had requested he withhold under §204(e) of the Federal Land Management and Policy Act and parallel Interior Department regulations. The court first holds that Rep. Udall, chairman of th...