Legal Opinion
Tenneco Oil Co. v. Sac & Fox Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 17, 1984No. 83-1061PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Per curiam
The Sac and Fox Tribe of Indians (the Tribe) issued oil and gas leases for trust lands. The plaintiff Tenneco Oil Company *574subsequently acquired an interest in one of these leases. The lease provides that its terms will be subject to and governed by federal law. Almost fifty years after the issuance of the original lease, the Tribe enacted several ordinances purporting to impose certain licensing, organizational and taxation requirements on Tenneco as a lessor. The Tribe submitted these ordinances for review by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and was informed that formal federal approval of the…
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