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ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY v. HICKEL

Civ. No. 5277.

303 F.Supp. 724 (1969)

ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Walter J. HICKEL, Secretary of the Interior, and J. R. Schwabrow, Regional Oil and Gas Supervisor, United States Geological Survey, Casper, Wyoming, Defendants.

United States District Court D. Wyoming.

August 22, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McClintock, Mai & Urbigkit, Cheyenne, Wyo., Rex Short, Tulsa, Okl., Charles A. Redpath, Jr., Denver, Colo., Chapman, DiSalle & Friedman, Washington, D. C., and Akolt, Shepherd & Dick, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff.

Richard V. Thomas, U. S. Atty. for District of Wyoming, and Thomas L. McKevitt, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

Memorandum

KERR, District Judge.

This is an appeal by Atlantic Richfield Company from a decision by the Solicitor, acting for and in behalf of the Secretary of Interior, sustaining the action of the Regional Oil and Gas Supervisor in demanding that the plaintiff pay to the United States the sum of $3,209,763.30, being the amount of underpaid royalty since 1948 on two public oil and gas leases. The jurisdiction of this Court is invoked pursuant to 28 U. S...

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