Secretary of the Interior v. California

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1984-01-11

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*315 Justice O’Connor delivered the opinion of the Court. These cases arise out of the Department of the Interior’s sale of oil and gas leases on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off the coast of California. We must determine whether the sale is an activity “directly affecting” the coastal zone under § 307(c)(1) of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA). That…

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