Legal Opinion
West v. Standard Oil Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 2, 1929No. 71PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This suit was brought in October, 1925, by the Standard Oil Company- in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against Dr. Work, the then Secretary of the Interior, to enjoin the continuation of proceedings in the local land office at Visalia, California, ordered by him with a view to ascertaining and determining whether particular lands were known to be mineral in character when the survey of them was accepted. State of California, Standard Oil Co., Transferees, 51 L. D. 141. Upon his resignation, Secretary West was substituted as…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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