Limitations for filing oil and gas contests
United States Code
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- 2026Powder River Basin Resource Council v. Department of the Interior D.D.C.
- 2025Western Watersheds Project v. Debra Haaland 9th Cir.
- 2025Center for Biological Diversity v. DOI D.C. Cir.
- 2025Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. U.S. Department of Interior D.D.C.
- 2024Petro Mex, LLC v. United States Fed. Cir.
- 2024Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation v. U.S. Dept. of the Interior 8th Cir.
- 2024Dakota Resource Council v. U.S. Department of the Interior D.D.C.
- 2024Wilderness Society v. Haaland D.D.C.
- 2023Powder River Basin Resource Council v. Department of the Interior D.D.C.
- 2023Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority v. Biden D. Alaska
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No action contesting a decision of the Secretary involving any oil and gas lease shall be maintained unless such action is commenced or taken within ninety days after the final decision of the Secretary relating to such matter. No such action contesting such a decision of the Secretary rendered prior to September 2, 1960 shall be maintained unless the same be commenced or taken within ninety days after September 2, 1960. (Source: (Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 42, as added Pub. L. 86–705, § 5, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 790.))