Moseley v. Hickel

After exhausting their administrative remedies, appellants sought review by the district court of a ruling that their mining claims and millsite claim were invalid. The district court denied their motions for summary judgment and granted the government’s motion for summary judgment as to each action. This court has jurisdiction under 28 U. S.C. § 1291. We affirm.

Appellant Moseley is an airplane pilot who worked his claim part-time. Appellant Minerals Trust Corporation purchased the rights of Fairchild, who had acquired it by quit-claim deed and had lived on it. Appellant Crawford, an employee…