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Alaska Federal Court Said It Lacked Authority to Reinstate Earlier Decision Finding President Trump Could Not Revoke President Obama’s Withdrawals of Offshore Areas from Oil and Gas Leasing

Challenge to executive order reversing President Obama’s withdrawal of lands in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans from future oil and gas leasing. 

League of Conservation Voters v. Trump

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Alaska Federal Court Vacated Trump Revocation of Obama Withdrawals of Arctic and Atlantic Areas from Oil and Gas Leasing

Alaska Federal Court Allowed Plaintiffs to Proceed with Lawsuit Challenging Reversal of Obama’s Withdrawal of Arctic Coastal Areas from Oil and Gas Leasing

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League of Conservation Voters v. Trump - reply

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Plaintiffs Sought to Reinstate Court's 2021 Dismissal

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League of Conservation Voters v. Trump - motion to dismiss

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League of Conservation Voters v. Trump - answer

Trump Administration and Trade Group Sought Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging Revocation of President Obama’s Withdrawal of Atlantic and Arctic Ocean Areas from Oil and Gas Leasing

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Environmental Groups Challenged President Trump’s Reversal of Prohibition on Future Oil and Gas Leases in Arctic and Atlantic Ocean Areas

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Alaska Federal Court Said It Lacked Authority to Reinstate Earlier Decision Finding President Trump Could Not Revoke President Obama’s Withdrawals of Offshore Areas from Oil and Gas Leasing

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