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CALIFORNIA COMPANY v. UDALL

No. 16132.

296 F.2d 384 (1961)

CALIFORNIA COMPANY, Appellant, v. Stewart L. UDALL, Secretary of the Interior, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Marvin J. Sonosky, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. John S. White, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Hugh Nugent, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of the bar of the Supreme Court of Missouri, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Messrs. Roger P. Marquis and Thomas L. McKevitt, Attys., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. S. Billingsley Hill, Atty., Dept. of Justice, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, BAZELON and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Our appellant (called "Calco" in this litigation) is the lessee of the United States in four oil and gas leases.1 It pays royalties to the United States on the gas and oil thus obtained. The controversy concerns the amount of the royalties payable.

The lands covered by the leases are in the Romere Pass field in Louisiana. The gas produced from this field is from...

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