Oceana v. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that previous ESA challenges found to be local controversies have “rarely been as broad as the entire Gulf Coast region.”
• denying transfer where the challenged decision “re-opened a vital national resource reserve held by the Federal Government for the public”
• denying transfer in a case challenging oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico which “will take place on the outer continental shelf, beyond the bounds of any state”
• challenging federal agencies’ approval of oil and gas lease sales in Gulf of Mexico
• challenging federal agencies’ approval of oil and gas lease sales in Gulf of Mexico
• plaintiffs “effectively conced[ing]” venue is proper in Southern District of Alabama for APA claims related to Deepwater Horizon because of the impact to resources, species and estuary systems located in Alabama

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).