PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. PIERSON

No. 6372.

284 F.2d 649 (1960)

PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a corporation, Appellant, v. Ed PIERSON, individually and as Supervisor for the State of Wyoming, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Cecil L. Hase, individually and as Manager of Cheyenne Land Office, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; R. P. Rigtrup, individually and as Acting Manager of Cheyenne Land Office, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; John Doe I, individually and as the Examiner appointed or to be appointed by Manager or Acting Manager, Cheyenne Land Office; and John Doe II and John Doe III, individually and in any capacity they may hold as representatives of the Cheyenne Land Office, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. G. McClintock, Cheyenne, Wyo. (T. J. Files, Casper, Wyo., Virgil C. McClintock and Frank H. Houck, Casper, Wyo., were with him on the brief), for appellant.

A. Donald Mileur, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., John F. Raper, Jr., U. S. Atty., District of Wyoming, Cheyenne, Wyo., and Roger P. Marquis, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were with him on the brief), for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, LEWIS and BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judges.


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

The question presented is whether appellant, Pan American Petroleum Corporation, may maintain an action to enjoin the appellees, officers of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, stationed in the State of Wyoming, from proceeding with an administrative action for the cancellation of oil and gas leases held by Pan American. This appeal is from a judgment of the trial court...

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