Legal Opinion
Southern Ute Indian Tribe v. Amoco Production Co.
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided September 13, 1994No. 91-B-2273PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BABCOCK, District Judge.
The central issue in this casé is whether in the Coal Lands Acts of 1909 and 1910 Congress reserved coalbed methane gas (CBM gas) in the United States when, under those acts, it reserved coal. I hold that , Congress did not reserve CBM gas in the United States in the Coal Lands Acts of 1909 and 1910 and, consequently, Plaintiff, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s (the Tribe) claim of equitable ownership to CBM gas in the lands at issue fails. Although this key question and its answer are simply stated, their basis necessarily requires…
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