Legal Opinion
Lowey v. Watt
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 2, 1982No. Nos. 81-1847 to 81-1852PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT..
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
These cases require us to settle the rights to six federal oil and gas leases, in accordance with the federal common law of contracts and the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. Appellants are seven private individuals and a “filing service” called Resource Service Company (RSC). The individual appellants and RSC all signed standard agreements, prepared by RSC, under which RSC was to file applications for “noncompetitive” federal leases on behalf of the individual appellants. RSC’s standard agreement…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Commissioner v. Estate of BoschSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- D'Oench, Duhme & Co. v. Federal Deposit InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Clearfield Trust Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- D. H. Overmyer Co., Inc. of Ohio v. Frick Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Naartex Consulting Corporation, Russell Huff v. James G. Watt, Secretary of InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Joe Conway v. James Watt, Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America, Edward W. Stuebing, Bruce R. Harris and Anne Poindexter LewisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
- Sutton v. Banner Life InsuranceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- United States v. Sears, Roebuck and CoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Star Lake Railroad v. LujanDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1990
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