Legal Opinion
Wann v. Ickes
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 7, 1937No. 6850PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice,
Appellant, plaintiff below, filed an amended bill of complaint seeking to compel the Secretary of the Interior to issue to him an oil and gas lease for certain lands in Caddo parish, La. From an order of the lower court dismissing the bill, plaintiff appeals.
On August 5, 1935, plaintiff posted on the lands in question a notice of his intention to apply for a permit to prospect for gas and oil. On August 15th following he filed with the Commissioner of the General Land Office an application for a permit under section 13 of the Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. McLennan v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- De Cambra v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
3Cited by14 opinions
- Arkla Exploration Co. v. Texas Oil & Gas Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Red Canyon Sheep Co. v. IckesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- James W. Haley v. Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- Fred A. Seaton, Individually and as Secretary of the Interior v. The Texas Company, John Snyder v. The Texas CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- United States Ex Rel. Roughton v. IckesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
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