Case Name: Amoco Production Co., on Behalf of Itself and the Class It Represents v. Southern Ute Indian Tribe et al.
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1999-01-29
Citations: 525 U.S. 1130
Docket Number: No. 98-830
Parties: Amoco Production Co., on Behalf of Itself and the Class It Represents v. Southern Ute Indian Tribe et al.
Judges: Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 525
Pages: 1130–1130

Head Matter:
January 29, 1999
No. 98-830.
Amoco Production Co., on Behalf of Itself and the Class It Represents v. Southern Ute Indian Tribe et al.

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.