Legal Opinion
California v. Norton
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 2, 2002No. Nos. 01-16637, 01-16690PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellants (“United States”)1 granted “suspensions” of thirty-six oil leases off*1165shore of central California pursuant to 43 U.S.C. § 1334(a)(1). The purpose of the lease suspensions was to extend the lives of the leases and to allow the lessees to “facilitate proper development of the lease[s].” 43 U.S.C. § 1334(a)(1). Without the suspensions, the leases would have expired and the lessees would have lost all production rights because the lessees had not begun production in paying quantities and the term of the leases had elapsed. Id.
Appellee…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- CEEED v. California Coastal Zone Conservation CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
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