United States v. Standard Oil Company of California, a Corporation

WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Standard Oil Co. of California (Standard) appeals from the district court’s award of summary judgment to the United States, in litigation involving the Navy’s and Standard’s unit operation of the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve. The matters in controversy are: (1) whether the Acting Secretary of the Navy exceeded his statutory authority, or misinterpreted relevant unit plan contract (UPC) provisions, by determining that certain land owned by Standard (called section “7R”), located outside the Elk Hills Reserve but adjoining it to the north, was properly included…