Legal Opinion
Alabama v. United States Department of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 5, 1996No. 94-6657PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARKETT, Circuit Judge:
Both parties appeal different aspects of the summary disposition of this cause. The material facts are not in dispute. Under a lease agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior (“DOI”), Mobil Oil Exploration and Production Southeast, Inc. presently leases a tract of submerged land on the outer continental shelf called Federal Offshore Lease Block 823. On this tract, Mobil has four wells producing natural gas from a reservoir that straddles the federal/Alabama border. Mobil pays royalties to the DOI on the natural gas it produces. Though the natural gas reservoir…
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