AMOCO PRODUCTION CO. v. FRY

No. 96-5030.

118 F.3d 812 (1997)

AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY, et al., Appellants, v. Thomas A. FRY, Director, Minerals Management Service, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Poe Leggette, Washington, DC, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellants.

Robert L. Klarquist, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, and David C. Shilton, Attorney.

Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, SILBERMAN and TATEL, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

TATEL, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, companies holding federal leases for oil and gas production on the outer continental shelf, seek credits for hundreds of royalty overpayments made between 1990 and 1994. The Department of the Interior is withholding the overpayments pending resolution of its claims that the companies owe money from earlier royalty underpayments. The district court granted summary judgment...

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