MOBIL EXPLORATION & PRODUCING U.S. v. DEPT. OF INTERIOR

No. 98-5009.

180 F.3d 1192 (1999)

MOBIL EXPLORATION & PRODUCING U.S., INC., and Mobil Corporation, Plaintiffs, and Oxy USA Inc. and Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, sued as: Bruce Babbitt, Secretary, Department of the Interior; Cynthia Quarterman, Director, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior; Erasmo Gonzales, Chief, Houston Compliance Division, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior; and Gary L. Johnson, Chief, Dallas and Tulsa Compliance Offices, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Dunmire Bragg and Stephen R. Ward of Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P., Tulsa Oklahoma; Oliver S. Howard, Teresa B. Adwan, and Dennis C. Cameron of Gable, Gotwals, Mock, Schwabe, Kihle, and Gaberino, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Patricia A. Patten of Oxy USA Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Oxy USA Inc. and Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation. David L. Bryant and Alinda F. Stephenson of Bryant Law Firm, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Deborah B. Haglund of Mobil Business Resources Corp., Dallas Texas, for Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc. and Mobil Corporation.

Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General; Donna S. Fitzgerald and Robert L. Klarquist, Attorneys, Department of Justice; Ivan K. Fong, Deputy Associate Attorney General, Washington, D.C.; and Geoffrey Heath and Howard Chalker, Office of the Solicitor, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BALDOCK, McKAY, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.


McKAY, Circuit Judge.

After examining the briefs and the appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.

Plaintiffs Occidental Oil & Gas Co. and its subsidiary OXY USA, Inc., appeal the district court's order on cross-motions for summary judgment...

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