Legal Opinion
Mesa Operating Limited Partnership v. U.S. Department of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 27, 1991No. 89-4775PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
The Director of the Minerals Management Service (MMS) division of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) ordered Mesa Operating Limited Partnership (Mesa), which extracts natural gas from offshore leases, to pay royalties on reimbursement payments made to Mesa by pipeline company purchasers pursuant to the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA) § 110. 1 The DOI affirmed the MMS demand order. Mesa appealed the DOI’s decision to federal district court, contending that the DOI misinterpreted regulations governing assessment of royalties. After referring the case to a…
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