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SUPERIOR OIL CO. v. WATT

Civ. A. No. 80-176.

548 F.Supp. 70 (1982)

The SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY, and Pennzoil Oil & Gas, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. James G. WATT, Secretary of the Interior, Robert F. Burford, Director, Bureau of Land Management, and Dallas L. Peck, Director, United States Geological Survey, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

September 13, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Richards, Jr., Stephen E. Herrmann, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., John P. Mathis, Marilyn Perry Jacobsen, Baker & Botts, Washington, D. C., Patrick F. Timmons, The Superior Oil Co., Houston, Tex., John M. Young, Donald C. Bishop, Pennzoil Oil & Gas, Inc., Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Joseph J. Farnan, Jr., U. S. Atty., Peggy L. Ableman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., Sylvia Sepulveda-Hambor, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

OPINION

STAPLETON, District Judge:

The Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1331 et seq., provides for the leasing of oil, gas and other offshore mineral resources in the Outer Continental Shelf. The Secretary of the Interior has responsibility for maintaining an oil and gas leasing program1 and is authorized to grant leases to the "highest responsible qualified bidders."2...

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