COASTAL STATES ENERGY CO. v. HODEL

No. 86-1301.

816 F.2d 502 (1987)

COASTAL STATES ENERGY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald P. HODEL, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; Robert F. Burford, Director of the Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior; Robert Lopez, Chief, Minerals Section, Utah State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior; and the United States Department of the Interior, Defendants-Appellees. Sierra Pacific Power Company; Utah Mining Association; State of Utah; Unelco, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Stevens (Patrick J. Garver and Patricia J. Winmill of Parsons, Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Brian E. McGee of Parcel & Mauro, Denver, Colo., with him on the briefs), for plaintiff-appellant.

Peter Stirba, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Brent D. Ward, U.S. Atty., with him on the brief), Salt Lake City, Utah, for defendants-appellees.

John Madariaga and Margaret A. Manes, Reno, Nev., for amicus curiae Sierra Pacific Power Co.

David L. Wilkinson, Dallin W. Jensen and Michael M. Quealy, Salt Lake City, Utah, for amicus curiae State of Utah.

K.L. McIff of Jackson, McIff & Mower, Richfield, Utah, for amicus curiae Unelco, Inc.

James T. Jensen, Price, Utah, for amicus curiae Utah Mining Ass'n.

Before LOGAN, MOORE and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

This dispute concerns a readjustment by the Secretary of the Interior of the terms and conditions of two coal leases between the United States and Coastal States Energy Company, the latter a Texas corporation which operates an underground coal mine, known as the SUFCo Mine, in Sevier County, Utah. On administrative appeal, the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) upheld, in the main, the readjustments made by the Bureau of Land Management...

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