Del-Rio Drilling Programs, Inc. v. United States

OPINION

BRUGGINK, Judge.

This is an action for breach of contract or, in the alternative, for a Fifth Amendment *684taking. The property which is the subject of the claim consists of interests in oil and gas leases. The leases are on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in central Utah. The matter is currently before the court after a trial, held March 20 and 21 in Salt Lake City, Utah, on the issue of whether the federal government denied the plaintiffs access to the leases at issue here.

Del-Rio Drilling Programs, Inc., (“Del-Rio”) and the other plaintiffs allege that the United States, acting…