Legal Opinion

Alfred N. Verrue v. United States of America

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided April 6, 1972No. 71-1423PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FRED M. TAYLOR, District Judge:

This is an appeal by appellants from an order of the District Court reversing a decision of the Secretary of Interior declaring a placer mining claim, the Sandy No. 2, of appellee null and void for lack of discovery of a valuable mineral deposit.

The record in this case reveals that Alfred N. Verrue (Appellee) located the Sandy No. 2 claim on March 7, 1946. On April 9, 1963, a complaint was filed by the United States Government (Appellant) in which it was charged that no discovery of valuable minerals had been made within the boundaries of the claim between March…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Consolo v. Federal Maritime CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. United States v. ColemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Everett Foster v. Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
  4. Barrows v. HickelCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Watt v. Western Nuclear, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. McCall v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
  3. Frank Melluzzo and Wanita Melluzzo v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Department of the Interior of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
  4. Robert B. Lara v. The Secretary of the Interior of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  5. Baker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980

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