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McDONALD v. WATT

No. 80-3155.

653 F.2d 1035 (1981)

Maude E. McDONALD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James G. WATT, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

August 21, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McDade & Lee, James W. McDade, Washington, D. C., Gerald, Brand, Watters, Cox & Hemleben, Robert M. Logan, Jr., Jack W. Brand, Jackson, Miss., Craig R. Carver, Denver, Colo., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jerry A. Davis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., Barry Stuart Sandals, James W. Moorman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Appellate Section, Land and Natural Resources Div., Edward J. Shawaker, Kathryn A. Oberly, Margaret E. Weeks, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

Jack M. Weiss, Thomas F. Duchen, New Orleans, La., for amicus curiae Collins C. Diboll.

Pat H. Scanlon, Powell G. Ogletree, Jackson, Miss., for intervenor Robert E. Thames.

Before SKELTON, Senior Judge, and RUBIN and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs here challenge a decision of the Department of Interior on the entitlement to a mineral lease of government land. While government officials are named as party defendants, this suit is essentially a contest between private parties — plaintiffs and intervenor — for the lease. The central question is whether the Department's interpretation of an administrative regulation should be applied retroactively or prospectively...

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