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GETTY OIL CO. v. ANDRUS

No. 77-3157.

607 F.2d 253 (1979)

GETTY OIL COMPANY, a corporation, Mono Power Company, a corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Cecil D. ANDRUS, Secretary of Interior of the United States of America, Geothermal Resources International, Inc., a corporation, and Chevron Oil Company, a corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 22, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. Renwick, Brien F. McMahon, Hanna & Morton, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Edward J. Shawaker, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., argued, for defendants-appellees; Donald E. Peterson, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., on brief.

Before HUFSTEDLER and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.

SNEED, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court upholding the ruling of the Secretary of Interior approving defendant Geothermal Resources International's (GRI) application to convert certain Placer mining claims into federal geothermal steam leases under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, 30 U.S.C.A. §§ 1001-1025, and the ensuing issuance of a lease to GRI. Two issues are presented on appeal. First, did the district court err...

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