Legal Opinion
New West Materials LLC v. Interior Board of Land Appeals
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 28, 2005No. 05CV403PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
At issue in this Administrative Procedure Act 1 (“APA”) suit for review of final agency action is whether the reservation of “oil, gas, and all other mineral deposits” in the Small Tract Act of 1938 2 (“STA”) encompasses sand and gravel.
I. 3
Because this dispute involves the interpretation of the STA’s mineral reservation, a brief recitation of the STA’s history and pertinent provisions is in order at the outset.
The STA, originally passed in 1938, authorized the Secretary of the Interior to sell or lease five acre tracts of public lands, 4 “which the…
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- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by4 opinions
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