Free Joint Status Report - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

Case 1:00-cv-00512-FMA

Document 44

Filed 05/11/2007

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS

PETRO-HUNT, L.L.c.;
VERSUS

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NO.OO-S12L

JUDGE FRACIS M. ALLEGRA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ·

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JOINT STATUS REPORT
NOW INTO COURT, through undersigned counsel, comes Petro-Hunt, L.L.C., plaintiff in the
above captioned matter and defendant, United States of America, who wish to jointly report on the status
of plaintiffs quiet title suit, fied in the United States District Court for the Western District of

Louisiana,

Civil Action No. CVOO-0303S.

The District Court decision denying a trial on the merits was appealed to the United States Court

of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Docket No. 06-30095. On April 21 2006, the plaintiffs fied their
appellate brief

with the court. The brieffor the United States was filed on June 12,2006. The plaintiffs

filed a reply brief on July 31, 2006. A panel of the Fifth Circuit fied its opinion heard affinning the
District Court on March 6, 2007. The plaintiffs fied a Petition for Rehearing and a Petition for Rehearing
En Banc on April

18, 2007. Both petitions are pending in the Court of Appeals.

The parties hereto will submit their next status report approximately 90 days following May 14,

2007, the date upon which this report is due, or on or about August 13,2006.

. RALP W ITE Freeland & hite

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Respectfully Submitted:

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~MES D. GETTE Environment and Natural Resources Division

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1013 Jackson A venue

United States Deparent of Justice
601 D. Street NW P.O. Box 663 Washington, D.C. 20044-0663
Telephone (202) 305- 1 46 1

Oxford, MS 38655 Telephone (662) 234-3424
Facsimile (662) 234-0604

Attorney for Petro-Hunt, L.L.c.

Facsimile (202) 514-8865
Attorney for United States of America