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Louisiana v. Haaland

Date
2023
Geography
Louisiana
Part of
Louisiana v. Haaland

About this case

Filing year
2023
Status
Case closed.
Geography
Docket number
2:23-cv-01157
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → W.D. La.
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims → Other Statutes and Regulations
Principal law
United States → Administrative Procedure Act (APA)United States → Inflation Reduction Act of 2022United States → Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA)
At issue
Challenge to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s decision to hold Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261.

Documents

Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
06/04/2024
Decision
Case closed.
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The court directed the clerk to close the case after the lease sale occurred subject to the terms laid out in the court’s preliminary injunction.
09/22/2023
Appeal
Notice of appeal filed by intervenor-defendants.
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09/22/2023
Appeal
Notice of appeal filed by federal defendants.
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09/21/2023
Decision
Motions for preliminary injunction granted.
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09/19/2023
Reply
Reply memorandum filed by plaintiffs in support of motions for preliminary injunction.
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09/19/2023
Opposition
Intervenor-defendants filed opposition to motions for preliminary injunction.
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09/15/2023
Amicus Motion/Brief
Brief filed by amici curiae 10 members of Congress in support of plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction.
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09/14/2023
Decision
Environmental groups' motion to intervene granted.
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09/13/2023
Opposition
Federal defendants filed opposition to motions for preliminary injunction.
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09/01/2023
Motion To Intervene
Motion to intervene filed by environmental groups.
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08/29/2023
Motion
Memorandum filed by plaintiffs in support of motion for preliminary injunction.
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08/24/2023
Complaint
Complaint filed.
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In Louisiana, the State of Louisiana, American Petroleum Institute, and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. filed suit in federal district court challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior’s decision to hold Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261. The plaintiffs alleged that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) had made “arbitrary and unlawful last-minute changes” to the terms of Lease Sale 261 by enlarging an area for protection of the endangered Rice’s whale and withdrawing the entirety of that area from the lease sale. The Louisiana plaintiffs alleged that the decision violated the Inflation Reduction Act, which they alleged directed BOEM to conduct the lease sale in accordance with BOEM’s adopted five-year plan. They also asserted violations of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Administrative Procedure Act.

Summary

Challenge to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s decision to hold Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261.