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BP AMERICA PRODUCTION CO. v. BURTON

No. 05-669.

127 S.Ct. 638 (2006)

549 U.S. 84

166 L.Ed.2d 494

BP AMERICA PRODUCTION CO., successor in interest to Amoco Production Co., et al., Petitioners, v. Rejane BURTON, Acting Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 11, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Homeyer , Houston, TX, Steven R. Hunsicker , Counsel of Record, Jeffrey A. Lamken , Michael G. Pattillo, Jr. , Stephanie Dourado Guillermo , S. Christensen Baker , Botts L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Petitioners.

David L. Bernhardt , Acting Solicitor, Geoffrey Heath , Assistant Solicitor for Federal and Indian Royalty, Sarah L. Inderbitzin , Attorney Advisor, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., Paul D. Clement , Solicitor, General Counsel of Record, Sue Ellen Wooldrigde , Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Daryl Joseffer , Assistant to the Solicitor General, William B. Lazarus , Martin J. Lalonde , John A. Bryson , Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.

This case presents the question whether administrative payment orders issued by the Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) for the purpose of assessing royalty underpayments on oil and gas leases fall within 28 U.S.C. § 2415(a), which sets out a 6-year statute of limitations...

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