Legal Opinion
Copper Valley MacHine Works, Inc. v. Cecil D. Andrus, Secretary of the Department of Interior
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 23, 1981No. 79-1994PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.
Concurring opinion filed by District Judge JOHN H. PRATT.
MacKINNON, Circuit Judge.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether a restriction in a drilling permit prohibiting summer drilling in the interest of conservation worked a “suspension of operations and production” that would extend the life of an oil and gas lease under section 39 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, 30 U.S.C. § 209.
I. BACKGROUND
Effective February 1, 1966, the Secretary of Interior issued oil and gas lease A-063937 to run for an initial “period of ten…
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