Legal Opinion
Mesa Petroleum Co. v. U.S. Department of Interior
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided November 10, 1986No. Civ. A. 84-1967-LCPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VERON, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Mesa Petroleum Company (“Mesa”), has leased certain offshore lands from the United States. In this declaratory judgment action Mesa challenges the authority of the defendant, the United States Department of the Interior (“DOI”), to require Mesa to pay royalties on monies Mesa receives from Tennessee Pipeline Company (“Tennessee”) as “take-or-pay” payments made pursuant to the terms of a natural gas purchase and sales contract between Mesa and Tennessee. 1 The matter is now before the court on cross-motions for summary judgment. After considering the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. LarionoffSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Gulf Oil Corporation v. ReidTexas Supreme Court · 1960
- Union Oil Company of California v. TouchetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Klein v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Samson Hydrocarbons Co. v. Oklahoma Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1998
- Diamond Shamrock Exploration Co. v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior and William C. Bettenberg, Director, Etc., Cities Service Oil and Gas Corporation v. Donald P. Hodel, Mesa Petroleum Company v. U.S. Department of InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
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