MARATHON OIL CO. v. LUJAN

Civ. A. No. 89-F-1829.

751 F.Supp. 1454 (1990)

MARATHON OIL COMPANY, Joan L. Savage, Barbara Cliff Toner, and Frank G. Cooley, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Cameron Cliff, Plaintiffs, v. Manuel LUJAN, Jr., Secretary of the Interior, Delos Sy Jamison, Director, Bureau of Land Management, and the Department of the Interior, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

June 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don H. Sherwood, James M. King, Sherman & Howard, Denver, Colo. and John S. White, Patton, Boggs & Blow, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Michael J. Norton, U.S. Atty., William G. Pharo, Asst. U.S. Atty., Denver, Colo. and Gerald S. Fish, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Land and Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHERMAN G. FINESILVER, Chief Judge.

This case involves entitlement to oil shale mining patents by plaintiffs, owners of real estate in Western Colorado, and is the latest phase of extensive litigation concerning validity of claims to oil shale patents.1 Questions presented are whether plaintiffs have complied with all requirements necessary for issuance of patents and whether defendants are acting...

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