Coastal Petroleum Co. v. Secretary of Army

This action was commenced on August 12, 1968, when Coastal Petroleum Company filed in the District Court for the Southern District of Florida a complaint for declaratory judgment and for an injunction, Civil Action No. 68-951, seeking relief against certain federal defendants and also against the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida. The relief that was sought involved Coastal’s right to mine limestone in Lake Okeechobee under its Lease No. 248, a lease covering oil, gas and minerals, that had been granted by the Trustees to Coastal’s predecessor in the 1940’s.…