Legal Opinion
United Nuclear Corporation v. The United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 25, 1990No. 89-1727PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
The appellant, United Nuclear Corporation (United), entered into two leases with the Navajo Tribal Council (Tribal Council), which authorized United to conduct uranium mining on land in the Navajo Reservation. The leases were awarded to United through competitive bidding, and the Secretary of the Interior approved the leases, as well as United’s exploration plans for the leased land. United’s explorations, for which United spent more than $5 million, uncovered valuable uranium deposits. United then prepared a mining plan, which it submitted to the Secretary for…
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