Legal Opinion
Amber Resources Co. v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided October 31, 2006No. Nos. 02-30C, 04-1822C, 05-249CPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRUGGINK, Judge.
This is an action for breach of contract brought by several holders of leases to explore and exploit submerged federal lands for oil and gas. We previously held that a 1990 amendment to the Coastal Zone Management Act (“CZMA”)1 constituted an anticipatory repudiation of those leases. See Amber Resources Co. v. United States, 68 Fed.Cl. 535 (2005). We held that plaintiffs were entitled to treat the government’s 2001 cancellation of the lease suspensions as a total breach of contract, giving them the right of rescission and restitution. We also held that plaintiffs were…
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