Legal Opinion
Kerr-McGee Corp. v. Watt
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 13, 1981No. Civ. A. 80-3179PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
FLANNERY, District Judge.
This suit challenges the Secretary of Interior’s rejection of two bids for offshore oil and gas leases offered at Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease sale A62 in September, 1980. Plaintiff has moved for summary judgment alleging that the rejections were inconsistent with the Secretary’s treatment of other bids offered at the same and subsequent lease sales. The Secretary has moved for summary judgment on the grounds that his actions were within the discretion granted to him by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and were consistent with prior…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chevron Oil Company v. Cecil D. Andrus, Secretary, Department of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Louis Safarik and Richard P. Desmet v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior, Raymond J. Hansen v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior, Samuel Gary v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior, John J. King v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior, Robert Schulein v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior, Betty J. Lewis v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior, Duncan Miller v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- Hannifin v. MortonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Kerr--Mcgee Corporation v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
3Cited by2 opinions
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