Legal Opinion
Murray v. BEJ Minerals, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 20, 2019No. 16-35506PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Chief Circuit Judge:
Upon a vote of a majority of the non-recused active judges, we granted rehearing en banc in Murray v. BEJ Minerals, LLC , 908 F.3d 437 (9th Cir. 2018) (" Murray II "), to determine whether dinosaur fossils are part of the surface estate or the mineral estate under Montana law. Murray v. BEJ Minerals , 920 F.3d 583 (9th Cir. 2019). This central question of state law is determinative of the instant case, and we find no controlling precedent in the decisions of the Montana Supreme Court. Mont. R. App. P. 15(3). Thus, we respectfully certify this question of law to the…
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