ARKLA EXPLORATION COMPANY and State of Arkansas, 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.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 19, 1983.
April 19, 1983.
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. Attys. 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., Mark K. Seifert, Energy and Resources Div., Office of the Solicitor, 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.
United States District Court, W.D. Arkansas, Fort Smith Division.
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
H. FRANKLIN WATERS, Chief Judge.
Introduction
The historical background and factual summary of this action is set forth in the Court's Memorandum Opinion of September 20, 1982, ruling on certain preliminary motions. Arkla Exploration Co. v. Watt,548 F.Supp. 466 (W.D.Ark.1982), at 468-469. For purposes of brevity, the same will not be reiterated herein....
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