Getty Oil Company v. Andrus

607 F.2d 253 GETTY OIL COMPANY, a corporation, Mono Power Company, a corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Cecil D. ANDRUS, Secretary of Interior of the United States of America, Geothermal Resources International, Inc., a corporation, and Chevron Oil Company, a corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 77-3157. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Oct. 22, 1979. Edward S. Renwick, Brien F. McMahon, Hanna & Morton, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Edward J. Shawaker, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., argued, for defendants-appellees; Donald E. Peterson, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before HUFSTEDLER and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS * , District Judge. SNEED, Circuit Judge: 1 This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court upholding the ruling of the Secretary of Interior approving defendant Geothermal Resources International's (GRI) application to convert certain Placer mining claims into federal geothermal steam leases under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, 30 U.S.C.A. §§ 1001-1025 , and the ensuing issuance…