Legal Opinion
Fina Oil & Chem Co v. Norton, Gale A.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 27, 2003No. 02-5241PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
Under federal law, firms that extract natural gas from leased federal, tribal, or offshore lands pay the government royalties calculated as a percentage of the value of the production they extract. This case involves a valuation dispute concerning gas that is sold twice: first by the producer to a gas marketing firm it controls, and then by the controlled marketing firm to end-users. The Secretary of the Interior valued the gas production based on the contract price of the resale. Challenging that decision, the producer…
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