Legal Opinion
Udall v. Oil Shale Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 4, 1969No. Nos. 9581-9584PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SETH, Circuit Judge.
These are appeals in four consolidated cases wherein the United States District Court for the District of Colorado entered judgments for the plaintiffs. These plaintiffs were asserting that the *760Secretary of the Interior had no authority to deny applications for patents for oil shale mining claims on the ground that assessment work had not been done, or on the ground that the claims had previously been cancelled by the Department for the same reason. The Secretary in Union Oil Company of California, 71 I.D. 169, and 72 I.D. 313, had taken the position that he could deny…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Belk v. MeagherSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Best v. Humboldt Placer Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. ColemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Cameron v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Wilbur v. United States Ex Rel. KrushnicSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State of Washington v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Mary L. Brandt and Natalie Z. Shell v. Walter J. Hickel, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Tosco Corp. v. HodelDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1985
- Janice Winningham, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. United States Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Eaton Shale Co.District Court, D. Colorado · 1977
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