Chevron v. Hammond

726 F.2d 483 20 ERC 1505 , 1984 A.M.C. 1027 , 14 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,305 CHEVRON U.S.A., INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Intercontinental Bultank Corporation, et al., Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jay S. HAMMOND, Governor of the State of Alaska, et al., Defendants-Appellants, and Cordova District Fisheries Union, et al., Intervening Defendants-Appellants. No. 81-3700. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 18, 1982. Decided Feb. 3, 1984. Charles P. Diamond, Richard E. Sherwood, Ira M. Feinberg, Franklin A. Gevurtz, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., Michael Robbins, Hartig, Rhodes, Norman, Mahoney & Edwards, John A. Treptow, Atkimson, Conway, Young, Bell & Gagnon, Anchorage, Alaska, Raymond J. Burke, Jr., Burke & Parsons, New York City, for appellees. J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Michael R. Spaan, U.S. Atty., Anchorage, Alaska, Philip A. Berns, Paul Gary Sterling, San Francisco, Cal., LCDR Hal W. Henderson, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae U.S. in support of the appellees. Wilson L. Condon, Atty. Gen., Douglas K. Mertz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Juneau, Alaska, for defendants-appellants. Robert E.…