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LOWEY v. WATT

Nos. 81-1847 to 81-1852.

684 F.2d 957 (1982)

Frederick W. LOWEY, and Fred L. Engle d/b/a Resource Service Company, et al., Appellants v. James G. WATT, Secretary, United States Department of the Interior, et al. John A. GALLAGHER, and Fred L. Engle d/b/a Resource Service Company, Appellants v. James G. WATT, Secretary, United States Department of the Interior, et al. J. E. HAM, and Fred L. Engle d/b/a Resource Service Company, Appellants v. James G. WATT, Secretary, United States Department of the Interior, et al. Dr. Heinz LICHTENSTEIN and Ursula Lichtenstein, and Fred L. Engle d/b/a Resource Service Company, Appellants v. James G. WATT, Secretary, United States Department of the Interior, et al. James M. ROSS, and Fred L. Engle d/b/a Resource Service Company, Appellants v. James G. WATT, Secretary, United States Department of the Interior, et al. Richard K. VITEK, and Fred L. Engle d/b/a Resource Service Company, Appellants v. James G. WATT, Secretary, United States Department of the Interior, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne E. Babler, Jr., Milwaukee, Wis., with whom Thomas W. Ehrmann, Milwaukee, Wis., was on the brief, for appellants.

Jacques B. Gelin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Robert D. Clark, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees James G. Watt, Secretary of the Interior, et al.

Jason R. Warran, Washington, D. C., with whom James W. McDade, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee Eloise B. Miller.

Before WRIGHT and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, and CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

These cases require us to settle the rights to six federal oil and gas leases, in accordance with the federal common law of contracts and the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. Appellants are seven private individuals and a "filing service" called Resource Service Company (RSC). The individual appellants and RSC all signed standard agreements, prepared by RSC, under which...

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