Legal Opinion
Justheim Petroleum Company v. The Department of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 7, 1985No. 83-2214PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, Circuit Judge.
Justheim Petroleum Company (Justheim) appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Department of Interior (Interior). The district court agreed with the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) that Justheim did not have a vested right to the issuance of leases covering certain federal lands in Utah, and that the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) rejection of Justheim’s lease applications was therefore not an abuse of discretion. The facts are not in dispute.
On June 10, 1974, Justheim filed lease applications with the Utah office of the BLM.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Andrus v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Charles Schraier v. Walter J. Hickel, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- James W. Haley v. Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- Hillin L. Arnold v. Rogers C. B. Morton, the Secretary of Interior of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
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