Legal Opinion
Southern Ute Indian Tribe v. Amoco Production Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1997No. 94-1579PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Chief Judge.
The Southern Ute Indian Tribe (the Tribe) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants Amoco Production Company and others on the Tribe’s claim to ownership of coal bed methane (CBM) contained in coal acquired by the Tribe as successor in interest to a statutory reservation of coal to the United States. The Tribe also appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the Secretary of the Interior, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of the Interior’s subordinate agencies (the federal defendants) on the Tribe’s claim of breach…
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