SHELL OIL CO. v. KLEPPE

Civ. A. No. 74-F-739.

426 F.Supp. 894 (1977)

SHELL OIL COMPANY and D. A. Shale, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Thomas S. KLEPPE, Secretary of the Interior, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

January 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Dean, Mosley, Wells & Dean, Denver, Colo., Fowler Hamilton, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City, Donald L. Morgan, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff Shell Oil Co.

Norma L. Comstock, John W. Shiremen, Denver, Colo., Claron Spencer, Senior & Senior, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiff D. A. Shale, Inc.

James L. Treece, U. S. Atty., Carolyn McNeill, Asst. U. S. Atty., Denver, Colo., Gerald S. Fish, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants.


FINESILVER, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on cross-motions for summary judgment. This case is another installment of the long-enduring and multi-faceted litigation over oil shale, a mineral principally located in the Western states. For the ten year history of oil shale litigation, see The Oil Shale Corp. v. Udall, 261 F.Supp. 954 (D.Colo.1966), aff'd, 406 F.2d 759

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