Legal Opinion

Brandt-Erichsen v. United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 15, 1993No. 91-35835PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POOLE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Viggo Thor Brandt-Erichsen appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the appellees, the United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management and its employees, on the ground that Brandt-Erichsen failed to obtain a “receipt upon final entry” triggering 43 U.S.C. § 1165 and therefore, did not obtain title to an 80-acre tract of land in Alaska. We affirm the district court’s summary judgment.

I. BACKGROUND

Sometime in 1968, Brandt-Erichsen entered an 80-acre tract of land in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska.…

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. United States v. Micky Joe Vaandering, United States of America v. Jeffrey Wayne McMillanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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