ELR Citation: ELR 21523
No(s). 97-6125 (10th Cir. Jul 10, 1998)

The court upholds the U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI's) decision to deny lessors' request to cancel their Native American oil and gas lease because of the lessee's royalty underpayment violations. The court first holds that the lessors' constitutional argument is meritless. Instead of arguin...