PENNACO ENERGY, INC. v. U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR

No. 02-CV-116-B.

266 F.Supp.2d 1323 (2003)

PENNACO ENERGY, INC., Plaintiff, and State of Wyoming; Petroleum Association of Wyoming; and Nance Petroleum, Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Defendant, and Wyoming Outdoor Council; Powder River Basin Resource Council; Natural Resources Defense Council; and Defenders of Wildlife, Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, D. Wyoming.

May 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Nicholas, III, Hirst and Applegate, Cheyenne, Charles L. Kaiser, Charles A. Breer, Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Denver, Co, Kirby J. Iler, Marathon Oil Company, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff.

John S. Burbridge, Assistant Wyoming Attorney General, Cheyenne, Robert Charles Mathes, Laura Lindley, Darin Boyd Scheer, Bjork, Lindley, Danielson & Little, Denver, CO, William Perry Pendley, Christopher T. Massey, Mountain States Legal Foundation, Lakewood, CO, for Plaintiff-Intervenors: State of Wyoming, Petroleum Association of Wyoming, Nance Petroleum.

Greg Phillips, Assistant United States Attorney, Cheyenne, WY, Lori L. Caramanian, Department of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D. C, for Defendant.

Susan Daggett, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Denver, CO, Thomas Darin, National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D. C, for Defendant-Intervenors: Wyoming Outdoor Council and Powder River Basin Resource Natural Resources Defense Council and Defenders of Wildlife.


ORDER REVERSING THE DECISION OF THE INTERIOR BOARD OF LAND APPEALS

BRIMMER, District Judge.

This administrative appeal comes before the Court on Plaintiffs petition for review of a decision of the Interior Board of Land Appeals ("IBLA"). The IBLA's decision reversed the decision of the Bureau of Land Management ("BLM"), an agency within the Department of the Interior ("DOI"), to issue three oil and gas leases ("Leases"). Upon reading the briefs, hearing...

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