Legal Opinion
Laketon Asphalt Refining, Inc. v. United States Department of the Interior and Cecil Andrus, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 3, 1980No. 79-1993PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal questions the validity of procedures used by the Secretary of the Interi- or to implement section 36 of the Mineral Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C. § 192. We hold the challenged procedures to be valid and affirm the judgment below, D.C., 476 F.Supp. 668.
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The facts are recited substantially as found by the lower court. Section 36 of the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) provides that royalties accruing to the United States under oil and gas leases it has granted in the public domain, shall, on demand of the Secretary of the Interior, be paid in oil and gas. 30 U.S.C. § 192.…
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