Legal Opinion
Union Oil Company of California v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 23, 1961No. 20-5009PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Circuit Judge.
In January 1954, the Union Oil Company of California, as assignee of numerous oil shale placer locations made on public lands in Colorado in 1918 and 1919, filed an application with the Secretary of the Interior for issuance of a patent covering those lands. 1 In this complaint for equitable relief, Union alleges that the Secretary had withheld issuance of the patent pending a contest proceeding which he has required Union to initiate to establish the validity of its claims against the contentions of one Colvert, the holder of an oil and gas lease issued in 1951, prior…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Benson Mining & Smelting Co. v. Alta Mining & Smelting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by8 opinions
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