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Because laches is an equitable remedy, laches will not apply if the public has a strong interest in having the suit proceed. See, e.g., Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Comm'n v. United States Postal Serv., 159 U.S. App. D.C. 158, 487 F.2d 1029, 1042 (D.C. Cir. 1973) ('Equitable remedies depend not only on a determination of legal rights and wrongs, but on such matters as laches, good (or bad) faith, and most important an appraisal of the public interest.'); cf. Portland Audubon Soc'y, 884 F.2d at 1241 ('We have repeatedly cautioned against application of the equitable doctrine of laches to public interest ...