Oenga v. United States

OPINION

FIRESTONE, Judge.

Pending before the court are the motion for partial summary judgment by the plaintiffs, Wallace Oenga, et al. (“plaintiffs” or “the Oenga heirs”),1 the motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, for summary judgment by the defendant, the United States (“defendant” or “government”), and the motion by the defendant-intervenors, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. (“BPX”), et al. (collectively, “intervenors”),2 for partial summary judgment. At issue is a 1989 lease between the plaintiffs, owners of a Native allotment adjacent to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska, and BPX, granting BPX the…