Legal Opinion
Rawls v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 6, 1978No. Nos. 76-1604 and 76-1123PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents issues relating to the validity of seven contiguous mineral claims in the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona. Appellants Rawls and Cox are successors in interest to those who established the claims being challenged by the appellees. Appellants seek reversal of the district court’s order affirming a decision of the Secretary of the Interior which held invalid six of their seven claims because there had not been a discovery of valuable minerals before July 23, 1955.1
Cross-appellant Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. (Santa Fe) urges that…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. ColemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Alfred N. Verrue v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Frank Melluzzo and Wanita Melluzzo v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Department of the Interior of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- R. W. Brubaker, Who is Also Known as Ronald W. Brubaker v. Rogers C. B. Morton, as Secretary of the Interior of the United States OfamericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Lowell Thompson v. United States of AmerciaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Tom Brown v. United States Department of InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Smith Christian Mining Enterprises, Inc.District Court, D. Oregon · 1981
- Rawls v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Laden v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Mendenhall v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1982
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