BILL BARRETT CORP. v. U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR

Civil Case No. 09-19 (RJL).

601 F.Supp.2d 331 (2009)

BILL BARRETT CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF the INTERIOR, et al., Defendants, and BTU Western Resources, Inc., Intervenor-Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 11, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Poe Leggette, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Washington, DC, Joel W. Cantrick, Ducker Montgomery Aronstein & Bess, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff.

Romney Sharpe Philpott, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Marc Bernard Dorfman, Foley & Lardner LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

RICHARD J. LEON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Bill Barrett Corporation ("BBC") has filed suit under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA") challenging the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's ("BLM") grant of a coal exploration license to BTU Western Resources, Inc. ("BTU"). BBC claims that the exploration license must be set aside because it lacks sufficient stipulations to protect BBC's rights to extract coalbed natural gas ("CBNG...

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