Legal Opinion
Blue v. McKay
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 24, 1955No. Civ. A. No. 1691-52PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
McGARRAGHY, District Judge.
This is a proceeding for a judgment declaring (1) that the United States is rightfully the owner of and has accepted ownership by treaty and grant from the Republic of Mexico of the minerals in certain lands in California ceded by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 9 Stat. 922, and later patented by the United States to parties who claimed title under a prior Mexican grant; (2) that the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, 41 Stat. 437, 443, 30 U.S.C. §§ 181, 226, 30 U.S.C.A. §§ 181, 226, is applicable to the right to develop the minerals under the said confirmed…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- United States v. San Jacinto Tin Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Burke v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- United States v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Beard v. FederySupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Fremont v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Terry I. Blue v. Douglas McKay Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956