GEOSEARCH, INC. v. WATT

Nos. 82-1335, 82-1385, 82-1428 to 82-1431, 82-1438 to 82-1446, 82-2049, 82-2050, 82-2086, 82-2087, 83-1407 and 83-1408.

721 F.2d 694 (1983)

GEOSEARCH, INC. and M.T. McGregor, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James G. WATT, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; Maxwell T. Lieurance, State Director, Wyoming State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Glenna M. Lane, Chief, Oil and Gas Section, Wyoming State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Geosearch, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, James G. Watt, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin E. Leslie, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiffs-appellants Geosearch, Inc., M.T. McGregor, Larry R. Glassnap, Herbert Maslan, Edward F. Kaliciak and Elizabeth H. Carter.

Janet Steckel, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Richard Allen Stacy, U.S. Atty., Cheyenne, Wyo., Carol E. Dinkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jacques B. Gelin, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with her on brief), for defendants-appellees James G. Watt, et al.

Wayne E. Babler, Jr., Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, Wis. (Thomas W. Ehrmann and Charles A. Grube, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, Wis., with him on briefs), for plaintiffs-appellants Pagedas et al., Belknap, Morgan, McDonald, Sacher, Stewart, Zuckerman, Burr, Lochner MacCracken, Desens and Resource Service Company, and defendants-appellees Pagedas et al., Belknap, Morgan, Zuckerman, Burr, MacCracken, Desens and Resource Service Co.

Morris R. Massey, Brown, Drew, Apostolos, Massey & Sullivan, Casper, Wyo., for defendant-appellee Inexco Oil Co.

Richard L. Williams, Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, P.C., Casper, Wyo., on brief for defendant-appellee Gulf Oil Corp.

John F. Shepherd, Holland & Hart, Denver, Colo. (William E. Murane and Frank H. Morison, Holland & Hart, Denver, Colo., with him on brief), for defendant-appellee Marvin Davis.

Laura L. Payne, Poulson, Odell & Peterson, Denver, Colo., for defendants-appellees Ensearch Exploration, Inc. and Home Petroleum Corp.

Gaynell C. Methvin, Dallas, Tex., on brief, for defendants-appellees May Petroleum, Inc. and Premco Western, Inc.

Stephen F. Noser, Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Co., John B. Holstead and B. Lee Ware, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Tex., and Houston G. Williams, Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, Casper, Wyo., on brief, for defendant-appellee Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Co.

Leslie Abrams Pizzi, Clanahan, Tanner, Downing & Knowlton, Denver, Colo., on brief, for defendant-appellee Monsanto Co.

Before DOYLE, McKAY and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

We here deal with two groups of consolidated cases. One group consists of nineteen consolidated cases. The other group is composed of two cases. Both groups involve essentially the same facts and present pretty much the same issues.

All of these cases seek review of numerous decisions of the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA), which were reviewed and affirmed by the district court...

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