Legal Opinion
Gonsales v. Seaton
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 11, 1960No. Civ. A. No. 2497-59Published
1Opinion of the Court
YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.
This case is before the Court on the defendant’s motion for summary judgment.
Plaintiff’s application for oil and-gas leases on certain lands in New Mexico, filed under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended,1 has been denied by the defendant on the ground that the lands are not public lands but are part of the Navajo Indian Reservation. After pursuing his administrative remedies without success, plaintiff brought this action for a declaratory judgment that the lands sought to be leased are public lands.
By the Treaty With The Navajo Indians, June 1,1868, 15 Stat.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Douglas McKay Secretary of the Interior v. L. C. WahlenmaierCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Russell v. Maxwell Land Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Galt v. WillinghamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1926
- Beard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1930