Legal Opinion
Dredge Corp. v. Conn
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1984No. 83-2362PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
The Dredge Corporation (“Dredge”) appeals the decision of the Interior Board of Land Appeals (“Board”) that Dredge did not have a valid placer mining claim1 to Dredge No. 51, a 40-acre parcel of federally-owned land located five miles west of Las Vegas. The Board’s decision was based on Dredge’s failure to discover minerals of marketable value on Dredge No. 51 before the effective date of the Surface Resources Act, 30 U.S.C. §§ 601-615. We affirm.
1. Statutory Background
The acquisition of private mining rights in federally-owned land is governed by the Mineral Location…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. ColemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- McCall v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- 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
- Frank and Wanita Melluzzo v. James G. Watt, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- R.E. Rodgers and Barbara Rodgers v. James G. Watt, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Ken McMaster v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
- Haynes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Haynes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Harrison v. HickelCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Reed Gilmore v. Manuel Lujan, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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