United States Fifth Circuit

The regulations promulgated by the US Department of the Interior under the Deep Water Royalty Relief Act, related to suspensions of royalties for new leases, are inconsistent with the unambiguous language of the statute and are therefore unlawful.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/04/2004
• Published 10/04/2004

Judges

• W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, DAVIS and JONES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• James Berry St. John, Jr., Jonathan Andrew Hunter (argued), Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Aaron Peter Avila (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Nat. Resources Div., Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants.