Legal Opinion
BP America Production Co. Ex Rel. Amoco Production Co. v. Burton
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 11, 2006No. 05-669PublishedCited by 178 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Auto
This case presents the question whether administrative payment orders issued by the Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) for the purpose of assessing royalty underpayments on oil and gas leases fall within 28 U. S. C. § 2415(a), which sets out a 6-year statute of limitations for Government contract actions. We hold that this provision does not apply to these administrative payment orders, and we therefore affirm.
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The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (MLA) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to lease public-domain lands to private parties for the production of oil…
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