Legal Opinion
Minard Run Oil Co. v. United States Forest Service
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 20, 2011No. 10-1265, 10-2332PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROTH, Circuit Judge:
I. Introduction
This appeal concerns a dispute between the U.S. Forest Service (the Service) and owners of mineral rights in the Allegheny-National Forest (ANF). Although the Service manages the surface of the ANF for the United States, mineral rights in most of the ANF are privately owned. Mineral rights owners are entitled to reasonable use of the surface to drill for oil or gas and from 1980 until recently the Service and mineral owners had managed drilling in the ANF through a cooperative process. Mineral rights owners would provide 60 days advance notice to the…
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