Legal Opinion
Getty Oil Company v. The United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 11, 1985No. 85-584PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD S. SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Getty Oil Company (Getty) appeals from an order of the United States Claims Court denying Getty’s summary judgment motion for interest on the amount of its refunded royalty payment. We affirm.
Issues
We face two issues: (1) whether the Government’s failure to pay Getty interest on the royalty payment which the Government eventually refunded constitutes a “taking” in violation of the fifth amendment of the United States Constitution; and (2) whether payment of such interest is barred by statute.
Background
Getty owns an undivided interest in an offshore oil…
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