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Oil Shale Corporation v. Morton

District Court, D. Colorado

Decided December 19, 1973No. C-8680, C-8685, C-8691, C-9202PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

FINESILVER, District Judge.

These cases concern the present validity of certain oil shale claims located on the Colorado Western Slope. The Department of the Interior refused to issue mineral patents to the claim owners, asserting that the claims were declared void in Departmental contest proceedings some forty years ago. The claimants contend that the Department erred in denying patents on this basis, since the contest proceedings themselves were voided and vacated by the Secretary of the Interior in 1935.

The issues presented in this case are exceedingly complex…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Federal Crop Ins. Corp. v. MerrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. United States Ex Rel. Accardi v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. Service v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  5. Wong Yang Sung v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1950

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Hootch Ex Rel. Hootch v. Alaska State-Operated School SystemAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
  2. Maude E. McDonald v. James G. Watt, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  3. United States Ex Rel. Parco v. MorrisDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. City of Concord v. TompkinsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1984
  5. Tosco Corp. v. HodelDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1985

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