SUPERIOR OIL CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. C-82-0751J.

605 F.Supp. 674 (1985)

The SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY, a Nevada Corporation; and Arapaho Petroleum Inc., a Colorado Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. The UNITED STATES of America; the Department of the Interior of the United States; William P. Clark, Acting Secretary Designate of the Interior; Kenneth Smith, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; John Fritz, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs for operations; Robert F. Buford, Director of Bureau of Land Management; Gene Sheldon, District Manager, Bureau of Land Management; Mat N. Millenbach, Area Manager, Bureau of Land Management; Bureau of Indian Affairs, an agency of the United States; Donald Dodge, Navajo Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs; the Navajo Tribe of Indians; the Navajo Tribal Council; Navajo Office of Mineral Development or its successor; Peterson Zah, individually, and as Chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council; Edward T. Begay, individually, and as Vice Chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council; Aktar Zamon, individually, and as director of the Navajo Mineral Department; and Alfred Dehiya, individually, and as Director of the Navajo Land Development Office, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Utah, C.D.

January 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur H. Nielsen, Thomas Jepperson, Robert L. McIntyre, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiffs.

Joseph Anderson, Asst. U.S. Atty., William R. McConkie, Salt Lake City, Utah, Louis Denetsosie, Navajo Nation Dept. of Justice, Window Rock, Ariz., Kevin N. Anderson, Salt Lake City, Utah, for defendants.


JENKINS, Chief Judge.

The defendants' Motions to Dismiss the Amended Complaint and the defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment were argued orally on March 16, 1984. Arthur H. Nielsen, Thomas Jepperson, and Robert L. McIntyre represented the plaintiffs; Joseph Anderson and William W. McConkie represented the United States defendants; and Louis Denetsosie and Kevin N. Anderson represented the Navajo defendants. After due consideration of the oral arguments and the memoranda...

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