Billions of dollars worth of methane gas found with coal under federal land is not owned by the government and can be claimed by companies that purchase the right to drill for natural gas, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in Amoco Production Co. v. Southern Ute Indian Tribe .
June 07, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Billions of dollars worth of methane gas found with coal under federal land is not owned by the government and can be claimed by companies that purchase the right to drill for natural gas, the Supreme Court ruled today.
The 7-1 decision resolved a big-stakes dispute between Amoco and an Indian tribe in Colorado. Amoco won.
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