Legal Opinion
Amber Resources Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 25, 2008No. 2007-5047, 2007-5082PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
Over a period of years between 1968 and 1984, the federal government granted a number of leases to private entities to explore for and develop oil and gas resources in the outer continental shelf off the California coast. Because of court decisions construing a 1990 statute that was enacted after the leases were in place, the government took action that had the effect of preventing the lessees from continuing exploratory activities on the leased properties, at least temporarily. The owners of the leases then filed suit in the Court of Federal Claims claiming that the…
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