Legal Opinion
Geosearch, Inc. v. Watt
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 7, 1983No. Nos. 82-1335, 82-1385, 82-1428 to 82-1431, 82-1438 to 82-1446, 82-2049, 82-2050, 82-2086, 82-2087, 83-1407 and 83-1408PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.
We here deal with two groups of consolidated cases. One group consists of nineteen consolidated cases. The other group is composed of two cases. Both groups involve essentially the same facts and present pretty much the same issues.
All of these cases seek review of numerous decisions of the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA), which were reviewed and affirmed by the district court in several decisions. The cases involve the status of non-competitive oil and gas leases on public lands issued after simultaneous drawings held pursuant to the Mineral Lands…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lowey v. WattCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Southwestern Petroleum Corp. v. UdallCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
3Cited by3 opinions
- McDonald v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- Geosearch, Inc. v. WattCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
- Richard E. McDonald and Fred L. Engle D/B/A Resource Service Company, and Nancy L. Stewart and Fred L. Engle D/B/A Resource Service Company v. William P. Clark, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, and Glenna M. Lane, Chief, Oil and Gas Section, Wyoming State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, Donald W. Coyer and Fred Engle D/B/A Resource Service Company v. William P. Clark, Secretary of the Interior, United States Department of the Interior J. Roe, Wyoming State Office, Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior, Alfred L. EasterdayCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985