Kerr-McGee Is Found Liable in Lawsuit Over Oil Royalties

A federal jury in Denver agreed Tuesday with a former top auditor for the Interior Department that the Kerr-McGee Corporation had cheated the government out of millions of dollars in royalties on oil it produced in publicly owned coastal waters. The decision is a vindication for the auditor, Bobby L. Maxwell. He became a whistleblower and sued Kerr-McGee as a private citizen after top officials at the Interior Department ordered him to drop his audit findings.

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