Supreme Court to decide if it will hear case involving flawed oil, gas leases

摘要

The Supreme Court will meet privately next week to decidenif it will hear a case involving the Obama administration’snefforts to recoup upwards of $19 billion in royalties that thenInterior Department might not be able to collect from oil andnnatural gas drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico.nThe closed-door conference will take place on September 29,naccording to a docket entry on the court’s web site. At least fournof the court’s nine justices must agree to hear the case in ordernfor it to be taken up, according to longstanding Supreme Courtnpolicy. The court could announce its intentions regarding thenroyalty case any time after the September 29 meeting, though ifnhistory is any guide, the justices could take several weeks tonmake a decision.