Reforestacion de Sarapiqui v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing that “[t]he United States has a general fiduciary obligation to Indians with respect to management of oil and gas leases on Indian land”
• holding plaintiff was required to comply with DOI’s administrative appeal requirement to challenge agency’s refusal to act
• describing the detailed and comprehensive scheme under which the Secretary exercises supervisory authority over oil and gas leases on Indian land
• “Section 1160 does not proscribe conduct but instead enhances the sentence of one who has engaged in conduct proscribed by other criminal statutes.”
• interpreting the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).