JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE v. ANDRUS

No. CIV-76-588 C.

546 F.Supp. 569 (1980)

JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE, Plaintiff, v. Cecil D. ANDRUS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Mexico.

March 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Rudolph, William W. Bedwell, Washington, D.C., Nordhaus, Haltom & Taylor, Albuquerque, N.M., for plaintiffs.

James B. Grant, Asst. U.S. Atty., Albuquerque, N.M., Herbert Pittle, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Cecil D. Andrus.

Charles M. Darling, IV, Washington, D.C., Millard F. Carr, Denver, Colo., Jason W. Kellahin, Kellahin & Fox, Santa Fe, N.M., for Tenneco Oil Co.

E. William Cole, Jr., Washington, D.C., S.B. Christy, IV, Jennings, Christy & Copple, Roswell, N.M., for Union Oil Co. of California and Mesa Petroleum Co.

Jason Kellahin, Kellahin & Fox, Santa Fe, N.M., for Tesoro Petroleum Corp. and Nassau Resources, Inc.

Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas, Tex., for Kirby Exploration Co.

Jennings, Christy & Copple, S.B. Christy, IV, Roswell, N.M., Fulbright & Jaworski, M.W. Parse, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Delaware-Apache Corp.

Don M. Chrestman, Kenneth A. Swanson, Fort Worth, Tex., and John R. Cooney, Lynn Slade, Albuquerque, N.M., for Aztec Oil and Gas Co. and Southland Royalty Co.

Rex D. Throckmorton, Albuquerque, N.M., for Kirby Exploration Co.

Boesche, McDermott & Eskridge, Glenn R. Davis, Tulsa, Okl., McCormick, Paine & Forbes, Carlsbad, N.M., for Apexco, Inc.

Campbell, Bingaman & Black, Bruce D. Black, Santa Fe, N.M., for Gulf Oil Corp.

Tommy Roberts, Gen. Counsel, Farmington, N.M., for Dugan Production Corp.

Richard T.C. Tully, Farmington, N.M., for Benson-Montin & Greer Drilling and Marrion & Bayless Drilling Corp.

William V. Kastler, Houston, Tex., for Gulf Oil Co.


On Counterclaims March 10, 1980.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CAMPOS, District Judge.

I. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF THE CASE.

Plaintiff Jicarilla Apache Tribe filed this suit on April 21, 1976, in the District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking cancellation of certain oil and gas leases on its Reservation. On September 21, 1976, an order was entered transferring the case to this District. It was assigned to another judge in this district and...

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