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COASTAL STATES ENERGY CO. v. WATT

No. C 83-730J.

629 F.Supp. 9 (1985)

COASTAL STATES ENERGY COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. James G. WATT, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; Robert F. Burford, Director of the Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior; Robert Lopez, Chief, Minerals Section, Utah State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior; and the United States Department of the Interior, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Utah, C.D.

Opinion and Order January 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Stevens and Patrick Garver, Salt Lake City, Utah, Kevin Yocum c/o Law Dept., Coastal States Energy Co., Houston, Tex., Brian McGee, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff.

Peter Stirba, Asst. U.S. Atty., Salt Lake City, Utah, for defendants.

K.L. McIff, Richfield, Utah, for amicus curiae.

ON CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

JENKINS, Chief Judge.

This matter came before the court on cross motions for summary judgment. It raises questions concerning the interpretation of two coal leases between the United States and Coastal States Energy Company. It also raises questions concerning the federal laws and administrative regulations that apply to those leases.

On August 27, 1984, the court heard oral arguments on the cross motions. Lawrence...

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