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

Case 1:00-cv-00512-FMA

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Filed 11/14/2006

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS

PETRO-HUT, L.L.C.;
VERSUS

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NO.00-512L
JUDGE FRANCIS 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 appeal brief with the court. The brief for the United States was fied on June 12, 2006. The
plaintiffs fied a reply brief on July 31, 2006. The case is pending in the Court of Appeals.
The parties hereto wil submit their next statuß report approximately 90 days following

November 15,2006, the date upon which this report is due, or on or about February 13, 2006.

Dated: November 14,2006

Respectfully Submitted:

J. l\LPH W T
Freeland & ite

JAMES D. GETTE

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1013 Jackson Avenue Oxford, MS 38655 Telephone (662) 234-3424 Facsimile (662) 234-0604
Attorney for Petro-Hunt, L.L.C.

Environment and Natural Resources Division United States Department of Justice 601 D. Street NW P.O. Box 663 Washington, D.C. 20044-0663
Telephone (202) 305-1461

Facsimile (202) 514-8865

Attorney for United States of America