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INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ASS'N OF AMERICA v. BABBITT

No. 98-5131.

235 F.3d 588 (2001)

INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, et al., Appellants, v. Bruce BABBITT, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Poe Leggette argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Laura S. Morton and Stephen M. McNabb. E. Edward Bruce, Nancy L. Pell and Thad S. Huffman entered appearances.

Ronald M. Spritzer, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were James F. Simon, Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Sean H. Donahue, Attorney.

Before: SENTELLE, RANDOLPH and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.

SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:

In the consolidated cases of Independent Petroleum Association of America v. Babbitt (Samedan Oil Corp. v. Deer), 92 F.3d 1248 (D.C.Cir.1996), we held that (1) a policy letter written by an Associate Director of the Minerals Management Service clarifying the royalty consequences of take-or-pay settlement payments was not a rule subject to...

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