Legal Opinion

Payne v. New Mexico

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 7, 1921No. 128PublishedCited by 40 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter

This is a suit by the State of New Mexico to enjoin the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of the General Land Office from canceling or annulling a lieti land selection of that State under a mistaken conception of their power and duty. A hearing on the bill‘and answer resulted in a decree for the State, which the Court} of Appeals affirmed, 49 App. D. C. 80; 258 Fed. Rep. 980, and the defendants appealed to this court.

There was no controversy or difference in the land department about any question of fact, but only in respect of the time as of which the officers were authorized…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Stark v. StarrsSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
  2. Lytle v. the State of ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
  3. St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad v. Winona & St. Peter RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  4. Ard v. BrandonSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  5. Weyerhaeuser v. HoytSupreme Court of the United States · 1911

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Morrison v. WorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Wilbur v. United States Ex Rel. KrushnicSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
  3. Seldovia Native Association, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
  4. Andrus v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. United States v. O'DONNELLSupreme Court of the United States · 1938

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