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AMOCO PRODUCTION CO. v. WATSON

Nos. 04-5006, 04-5007.

410 F.3d 722 (2005)

AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY, Appellant v. Rebecca W. WATSON, Assistant Secretary for Land and Mineral Management, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 10, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Hunsicker argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was Melissa E. Maxwell.

Craig L. Stahl was on the brief for amicus curiae Burlington Resources, Inc. in support of appellant. John T. Boese and Laura B. Rowe entered appearances.

John A. Bryson, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellees. Ellen J. Durkee, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, entered an appearance.

Patricia A Madrid, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of New Mexico, Christopher D. Coppin, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas H. Shipps, Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Colorado, Alan J. Gilbert, Solicitor General, Lee Ellen Helfrich, Martin Lobel, Jill Elise Grant, Harry R. Sachse, and James E. Glaze were on the brief for amici curiae in support of appellees.

Before: EDWARDS, SENTELLE, and ROBERTS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROBERTS.

ROBERTS, Circuit Judge.

The San Juan Basin covers 7500 square miles in northwest New Mexico and southwest Colorado. Since the end of World War II, it has been a prolific source of natural gas, connected by pipeline to southern California and literally helping to fuel the dramatic growth of that region. Beginning in the 1980s, large-scale extraction of the variety of natural gas known as coalbed methane...

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