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SANTA FE INTERN. CORP. v. WATT

Civ. A. No. 83-347 MMS.

591 F.Supp. 929 (1984)

SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. James G. WATT, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

As Amended July 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew B. Kirkpatrick, Jr., and Martin P. Tully, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiffs; William T. Coleman, Jr., Richard C. Warmer, Carl R. Schenker, Jr., Christopher W. Savage, Susan S. Richardson, Donald L. Morgan, J. Eugene Marans and Jonathan J. Rusch, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Joseph J. Farnan, Jr., U.S. Atty., and Richard J. McMahon, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, Del., F. Henry Habicht, II, Roger J. Marzulla and Lawrence W. Puckett, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

OPINION

MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, District Judge.

Former Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt issued a decision on March 10, 1983, barring Kuwaiti citizens and corporations from acquiring interests in oil and gas leases on public lands under the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, 30 U.S.C. §§ 181 et seq. (1982) (the "MLLA"). See "Decision on the Status of Kuwait Under the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. § 181 et seq...

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