Legal Opinion
Duncan Energy Co. v. United States Forest Service
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 21, 1995No. 93-4005PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
The United States Forest Service and its district ranger for the Medora Ranger District, North Dakota, appeal from the district court’s entry of summary judgment granting declaratory relief to Meridian Oil, Inc. and Duncan Energy Company, an owner and developer of mineral rights. The district court allowed Duncan to proceed with mineral exploration on land in a national forest without Forest Service approval of the surface use plan. We reverse.
Meridian owns mineral rights on land within the Little Missouri National Grasslands area, which is part of the…
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