JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee,
v.
Cecil D. ANDRUS, Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America; and Amoco Production Company; Benson-Montin-Greer Drilling Corporation; Dugan Production Corporation; Gulf Oil Corporation; Hicks-Enco, Inc.; J. M. Huber Corporation; Merrion and Bayless Drilling; Mesa Petroleum Company; Nassau Resources, Inc.; North American Exploration Company; Southland Royalty Company; Tesoro Petroleum Corporation; Union Oil Company of California, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 20, 1982.
August 20, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Terry D. Farmer of Moses, Dunn, Beckley, Espinosa & Tuthill, and B. Reid Haltom of Nordhaus, Haltom & Taylor, Albuquerque, N. M. (Robert J. Nordhaus, Albuquerque, N. M., also of that firm, with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee, Jicarilla Apache Tribe.
Edward J. Schawaker, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (James W. Moorman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sanford Sagalkin, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Peter R. Steenland, Jr., Chief, Appellate Section, and Jose N. Uranga, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with him on the brief), for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant Cecil D. Andrus, Secretary of the Interior.
Lynn H. Slade of Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P. A., Albuquerque, N. M. (John R. Cooney, Albuquerque, N. M., also of that firm, for Southland Royalty Co.; Michael B. Campbell of Campbell & Black, P. A., Santa Fe, N. M., for Gulf Oil Corp.; S. B. Christy, IV, of Jennings & Christy, Roswell, N. M., for Amoco Production Co., J. M. Huber Corp., Mesa Petroleum Co., Union Oil Co. of California, and Nassau Resources, Inc.; Jason W. Kellahin of Kellahin & Kellahin, Santa Fe, N. M., for Tesoro Petroleum Corp. and North American Exploration Co.; Breck Tommy Roberts, Farmington, N. M., for Dugan Production Corp.; Richard T. C. Tully and James B. Cooney, P. A., Farmington, N. M., for Benson-Montin-Greer Drilling Corp., Merrion and Bayless Drilling, and Hicks-Enco, Inc., with him on the brief), for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants Amoco Production Co., Benson-Montin-Greer Drilling Corp., Dugan Production Corp., Gulf Oil Corp., Hicks-Enco, Inc., J. M. Huber Corp., Merrion and Bayless Drilling, Mesa Petroleum Co., Nassau Resources, Inc., North American Exploration Co., Southland Royalty Co., Tesoro Petroleum Corp., and Union Oil Co. of California.
Before HOLLOWAY, BARRETT and McKAY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.
In 1976 the Jicarilla Apache Tribe (the Tribe) filed this action against the Secretary of the Interior and certain oil and gas lessees (lessee defendants or the companies), claiming that the Secretary failed to comply with his regulation, 25 CFR § 171.3, when advertising four sales of oil and gas leases on the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation. The Tribe also alleged failure to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA...
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