United States DC Circuit

Dismissal of claimants' complaint against the Department of Energy and one of its offices involving refunds under the 1986 Stripper Well settlement is affirmed where there was jurisdiction to address a preclusion issue, and the district court did not err in holding that the doctrine of issue preclusion barred the suit.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/20/2006
• Decided 06/09/2006
• Published 06/09/2006

Judges

• Before:  SENTELLE, ROGERS and GRIFFITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Philip P. Kalodner argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen C. Skubel, Counsel, U.S. Department of Energy, argued the cause for appellees.   With him on the brief was Thomas H. Kemp, Counsel.