Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing SE, Inc. v. United States

ELR Citation: ELR 20716
No(s). 99-244 (U.S. Jun 26, 2000)

The Court reverses the Federal Circuit and holds that the United States breached its contracts with two oil companies when, acting under the Outer Banks Protection Act (OBPA), it delayed approval of the companies' exploration plan. The companies paid the government $158 million in return for contrac...