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ARKLA EXPLORATION CO. v. WATT

Civ. No. 82-2168.

548 F.Supp. 466 (1982)

ARKLA EXPLORATION CO., et al., Plaintiffs, v. James G. WATT, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, and Texas Oil and Gas Corp., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Arkansas, Fort Smith Division.

September 20, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Guy Tucker, Mitchell, Williams & Selig, Little Rock, Ark., Alan S. Novins, Lee Ellen Helfrich, Lobel, Novins & Lamont, Washington, D. C., Robert Roberts, III, Blanchard, Walker, O'Quin & Roberts, Shreveport, La., for plaintiff, Arkla Exploration Co.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. and Roger W. Giles, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for plaintiff-intervenor, State of Ark.

W. Asa Hutchinson, U. S. Atty., Fort Smith, Ark., Andrew F. Walch, Patricia J. Beneke, Land and Natural Resources Div., Washington, D. C., Mark K. Seifert, Energy and Resources Division, Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D. C., for defendant, James G. Watt.

Bradley D. Jesson, Robert T. Dawson, Hardin, Jesson & Dawson, Fort Smith, Ark., Craig R. Carver, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Denver, Colo., for defendant, Texas Oil and Gas Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

H. FRANKLIN WATERS, District Judge.

I. Historical Background and Factual Summary

Congress first authorized mineral exploration and development of government land in 1920, when it gave the Secretary discretionary authority to open "public domain lands" to leasing. 30 U.S.C. §§ 181-263. In 1947 Congress authorized mineral leasing on lands "acquired" by the federal government from private owners. 30 U.S.C. §...

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