Legal Opinion
Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. v. United States Department of the Interior
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 16, 1998No. Civ.A. 96-1936PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JACKSON, District Judge.
This case is brought to determine the extent of certain obligations of plaintiff Burlington Resources, Inc. (“Burlington”) 1 as lessee under a number of oil and gas leases of various Indian tribal and allotted lands 2 from which Burlington produces natural gas. Defendant United States Department of the Interior (“DOI”), principally through its agent the Minerals Management Service (“MMS”), administers the leases on behalf of Indian lessors.
At issue is a final decision of DOI in May-1996, rejecting Burlington’s appeal of orders issued by MMS in 1990…
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