Legal Opinion
Mary L. Brandt and Natalie Z. Shell v. Walter J. Hickel, Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 11, 1970No. 22748_1PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge:
On June 12, 1959, Mary Brandt and Natalie Shell submitted a non-competitive oil and gas lease offer to the Los Angeles office of the Bureau of Land Management. 1 On the line of the form provided for designation off offeror, appellants listed their names and also designated their interests as follows: “Mrs. Mary L. Brandt, as to an undivided three-fourths interest and Mrs. Natalie Z. Shell, as to an undivided one-fourth interest.” The Los Angeles office interpreted an Interior Department decision as prohibiting issuance of leases where the offer form designates unequal…
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