STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA v. HICKEL

Civ. No. A-159-69.

317 F.Supp. 1192 (1970)

STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff, v. Walter J. HICKEL, the Secretary of the Interior of the United States, Boyd L. Rasmussen, Director of the Bureau of Land Management of the United States Department of Interior, Burton W. Silcock, State Director for Alaska of the Bureau of Land Management of the United States Department of Interior, T. G. Bingham, Manager of the Land Office of the Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of Interior, Anchorage, Aalska, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Alaska.

October 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Vater, Delaney, Wiles, Moore, Hayes & Reitman, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff.

Douglas B. Baily, U. S. Atty., Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants.


OPINION

PLUMMER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Standard Oil Company of California, petitions for review of the Secretary of Interior's decision increasing rentals on certain oil leases from 50 cents per acre to $1 per acre and for a declaratory judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 2201, 2202 (1959). Plaintiff has exhausted its remedies under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S. C.A. §§ 701-706 (1967).

Plaintiff is the owner of an...

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