Legal Opinion

Nycal Offshore Development Corp. v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided February 20, 2014No. 2013-5001PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

This damages dispute is the last phase of litigation over a number of offshore oil and gas leases that the United States sold to oil companies in the 1980s. The litigation began in 2002, when the plaintiff oil companies filed breach of contract actions against the government in the Court of Federal Claims. After a trial, the court held that the government had breached its contracts with the oil companies by preventing them from drilling for oil in the offshore areas covered by the leases. This court affirmed the judgment of the Court of Federal Claims, and the…

2Cases cited24 opinions

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  3. Barclay v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2015
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