Legal Opinion
Independent Petroleum Association of America v. Bruce Babbitt
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 21, 1996No. 95-5210, 95-5245PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.
Separate dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:
Appellants, an oil and gas producer and a petroleum industry trade association, challenge as arbitrary and capricious and inconsistent with applicable law a Department of the Interior (“DOI”) decision to collect royalties and interest charges from the gas producer appellant on a settlement payment made to a lessee of a natural gas well on allotted Indian lands in exchange for a compromise of accrued and prospective take-or-pay liabilities under an outstanding…
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