OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 152-77.

600 F.2d 1343 (1979)

OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION COMPANY on behalf of itself and its consolidated subsidiaries v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

June 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. John Glancy, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff; Vester T. Hughes, Jr., Dallas, Tex., attorney of record. Philip T. Billard and Hughes, Luce, Hennessy, Smith & Castle, Dallas, Tex., of counsel.

Kenneth R. Boiarsky, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. M. Carr Ferguson, Washington, D. C., for defendant. Theodore D. Peyser, Jr., and Robert S. Watkins, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Before FRIEDMAN, Chief Judge, COWEN, Senior Judge, and KASHIWA, Judge.


ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND PLAINTIFF'S CROSS MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

KASHIWA, Judge.

This interesting case is an aftermath of the Supreme Court decisions in 1947 and 1950 which held that the federal government had paramount jurisdiction over the outer continental shelf lands. Louisiana leased and collected rents and royalties on part of the shelf lands prior to the decisions. After the decisions the federal government...

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