• Alaska Oil and Gas Association v. Jewell

    Publication Date: 2016-02-29
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    Date Filed: 2016-02-29
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Ralph R. Beistline, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey W. Leppo (argued), Ryan P. Steen, Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, Washington for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants Alaska Oil and Gas Association and the American Petroleum Institute.
    for defendant: Sam Hirsch, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Andrew C. Mergen, Jennifer Scheller Neumann, Clifford E. Stevens, Jr., Meredith L. Flax, David C. Shilton, Robert P. Stockman (argued), Environment & Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice; Kenneth M. Lord, Of Counsel, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., for Defendants/Appellants/Cross-Appellees Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior, Daniel M. Ashe, Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

    Case Number: No. 13-35619 No. 13-35662 No. 13-35666 No. 13-35667 No. 13-35669

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 2201 ALASKA OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION; AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE; STATE OF ALASKA; ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION; THE NORTH S