Offshore Drilling Sparks State and Federal Clash
States led by New Jersey oppose offshore drilling without consent and warn of monstrous spills that could ruin coastlines and tourism. Interior officials push energy development while stressing careful environmental reviews and shared profits, with disputes over leasing practices and who pays for damage.
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Mike Avenenti
United Press International
U.S. Geological Survey
Atlantic Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Coast
Alaska
U. S. Interior Department
New Jersey
Department
Atlantic
Rogers C. B. Morton
Morton
United States
Interior Department
South Carolina
Kansas
Arizona
Iowa
David J. Bardin
Environmental Protection
Bardin
U.S
Seniority vs minority heard by Supreme Court justices
The Supreme Court agreed to hear next term a challenge by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund against Bowman Transportation Co on whether the strict seniority system must be altered to aid minority workers. The 5th Circuit upheld strict layoff on seniority, despite most blacks being low on the list. Additional actions include review of Tennessee tuition aid, grand jury silence rights, Chicago abortion-clinic standards, Abbott Laboratories drug shipments, and Chicago Seven contempt convictions.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
NAACP
Bowman Transportation Co
Atlanta
Birmingham
Charlotte
Richmond
5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Bowman
5Th Circuit
Tennes
See
Chicago
Abbott Laboratories
David T. Dellinger
Abbie Hoffman
Jerry Rubin
William M. Kunstler
Julius Hoffman
Supreme Court dismisses gag order moot in New Orleans case
The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a challenge to a New Orleans judges gag order limiting pretrial press coverage in a rape murder trial. The unsigned ruling says the case is moot since the trial ended, leaving the high court’s prior Pentagon Papers stance as context for prior restraint. The order barred interviews with witnesses, publication of records, and editorials that could affect fairness.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
Oliver P. Schulingkamp
New Orleans Times-Picayune Publishing Co
Times-Picayune
New York Times
The
Washington Post
Pentagon
Schulingkamp
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Conti
Nental
U. S. Supreme Court
Maine
Gulf Oil Co
Depot Street
Bennington, Vermont
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P&c
Peschke
Tray
Natureipe
Vermont
Ben
Ington
Main Street
Bennington
Hollister Ostomy Products
Main ST
Brattleboro
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