Amoco Production Co. v. Southern Ute Indian Tribe

525 U.S. 1130, 119 S. Ct. 921, 142 L. Ed. 2d 917, 67 U.S.L.W. 3523, 1999 U.S. LEXIS 8362

Opinion

C. A. 10th Cir. [Certiorari granted, ante, p. 1118.]' The order granting the petition for writ of certiorari is amended to read as follows:

Certiorari granted limited to the following question: ‘Whether, in reserving to the United States ‘coal’ in lands patented under the 1909 and 1910 Coal Land Acts, 30 U. S. C. §§81, 83-85, while passing the surface land and all other minerals (including natural gas) to the patentee, Congress reserved only the solid rock fuel commonly known as ‘coal/ but not natural gas in coal formations?” Brief of petitioner is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Friday, March 5, 1999. Briefs of respondents are to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Friday, April 2, 1999. A reply brief, if any, is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Friday, April 16,1999. This Court’s Rule 29.2 does not apply.

Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.