Bp America Production Co., Successor In Interest To Amoco Production Co., Et Al. V. Burton, Acting Assistant Secretary, Land And Minerals Management, Department Of The Interior, Et Al.
Facts:
The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service issued administrative orders assessing petitioners for royalty underpayments on gas leases they held on Government lands, petitioners filed an administrative appeal, contending that the proceeding were barred by 28 U.S.C. §2415(a). The relevant part of the code was that every action for money damages brought by the United States or an … agency thereof which is found upon any contract… shall be barred unless the complaint is filed within six years after the right of action accrues or within one year after final decisions have been rendered in applicable administrative proceeding.” The statutory terms are generally interpreted in accordance with their ordinary meaning. Also the petitioners’ assertion that §2415(a)’s text is clear and its terms “action” and “complaint” are usually used with judicial proceedings. The next is the petitioners’ suggestion that a Minerals Management Service payment......
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