Legal Opinion
W.L. Wilson v. United States Department of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1986No. 85-2484PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
The Department of the Interior (Department) appeals from a district court judgment reversing the Secretary of the Interior’s (Secretary) denial of Idaho Mining Corporation’s (Idaho Mining) application for mineral leases on the Walker River Indian Reservation (Reservation) in Nevada. In its reply brief in this court, the Department argues for the first time that this action is moot. Although we are not pleased with the Department’s failure to raise the mootness argument earlier in this action, we agree that the action is moot and therefore vacate the district court’s judgment and remand…
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