Diamond Shamrock Exploration Co. v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior and William C. Bettenberg, Director, Etc., Cities Service Oil and Gas Corporation v. Donald P. Hodel, Mesa Petroleum Company v. U.S. Department of Interior

853 F.2d 1159

57 USLW 2157

DIAMOND SHAMROCK EXPLORATION CO., Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

Donald P. HODEL, Secretary of the Interior and William C.

Bettenberg, Director, etc., Defendants-Appellees.

CITIES SERVICE OIL AND GAS CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

Donald P. HODEL, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

MESA PETROLEUM COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, Defendant-Appellant.

Nos. 87-3195, 87-4069.

United States Court of Appeals,

Fifth Circuit.

Aug. 17, 1988.

J. Berry St. John, Jr., Deborah Bahn Price, Gene W. Lafitte, New Orleans, La., for all appellants in No. 3195.

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