Legal Opinion
Amoco Production Co. v. Southern Ute Indian Tribe
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 24, 1999No. 98-830PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
Land patents issued pursuant to the Coal Lands Acts of 1909 and 1910 conveyed to the patentee the land and everything in it, except the “coal,” which was reserved to the United States. Coal Lands Act of 1909 (1909 Act), 35 Stat. *868844, 80 U.S.C. §81; Coal Lands Act of 1910 (1910 Act), ch. 318, 36 Stat. 583, 30 U. S. C. §§ 88-85. The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit determined that the reservation of ‘‘coal” includes gas found within the coal formation, commonly referred to as coalbed methane gas (CBM gas). See 151 F. 3d 1251, 1256 (1998) (en banc). We granted certiorari,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Chartiers Block Coal Co. v. MellonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
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3Cited by53 opinions
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