Natural Resources Defense Council v. Morton

ELR Citation: ELR 20029
No(s). 71-2031 (D.C. Cir. Jan 13, 1972)

Appealing from a district court's issuance of a preliminary injunction halting bids for leases for oil and gas on the outer continental shelf lands off Louisiana, the government filed a motion for summary reversal. The court of appeals held that the discussion of the effects of alternative courses o...