JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE, Plaintiff, Appellant, Cross-Appellee,
v.
SUPRON ENERGY CORPORATION, Southland Royalty Company, Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior, Gas Company of New Mexico, Defendants, Appellees, Cross-Appellants,
Exxon Corporation, Defendant, Cross-Claimant, Appellee, Cross-Appellant,
State of New Mexico, Applicant in Intervention and Appellant in 81-1680.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 23, 1986.
January 23, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert J. Nordhaus and B. Reid Haltom of Nordhaus, Haltom & Taylor, Albuquerque, N.M., for plaintiff, appellant, cross-appellee Jicarilla Apache Tribe.
Maria A. Iizuka, Atty. (F. Henry Habicht II, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Anne S. Almy, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C.; William L. Lutz, U.S. Atty. and Raymond Hamilton, Asst. U.S. Atty., Albuquerque, N.M., with her on brief), for appellee, cross-appellant Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior.
John R. Cooney (Peter J. Adang and Susan R. Stockstill with him on brief) of Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Albuquerque, N.M., for appellee, cross-appellant Southland Royalty Co.
Mark F. Sheridan (Seth D. Montgomery, Gary R. Kilpatric and Wesley B. Howard, Jr., with him on brief) of Montgomery & Andrews, P.A., Santa Fe, N.M., for cross-appellant Gas Co. of New Mexico.
Bruce D. Black of Campbell & Black, P.A., Santa Fe, N.M., filed a brief for Unicon Producing Co., formerly Supron Energy Corp., defendant, appellee, cross-appellant.
Harold L. Hensley, Jr. of Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley, Roswell, N.M., filed a brief for defendant, cross-appellant Exxon Corp.
Paul Bardacke, Atty. Gen. and Bruce Thompson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, N.M., filed a brief for State of New Mexico, applicant in intervention and appellant in 81-1680.
Kenneth J. Guido, Jr. of Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse & Guido, Washington, D.C., and Thomas Acevedo of Fredericks & Pelcyger, Boulder, Colo., filed a brief for amici curiae Shoshone and Arapahoe Indian Tribes.
Ernest J. Altgelt III, Houston, Tex. (John K. Dubiel and Thomas H. Burton, Houston, Tex., Jason Kellahin of Kellahin & Kellahin, Santa Fe, N.M. and Houston G. Williams of Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, Casper, Wyo., appearing of counsel on brief), for amicus curiae Conoco Inc.
Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, SETH, McWILLIAMS, BARRETT, DOYLE, McKAY, LOGAN and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
PER CURIAM.
These cases are before the court for rehearing en banc. The majority of the court adopts the prior dissenting opinion of Judge Seymour, reported at 728 F.2d 1555, 1563 (10th Cir.1984), with the exceptions and additions set out below.
As Judge Seymour noted in dissent, whether the New Mexico Natural Gas Pricing Act (NMNGPA), N.M.Stat.Ann. § 62-7-1 et seq. (1982), applies...
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