Legal Opinion
Ducker v. Butler
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 20, 1939No. 7133PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Associate Justice.
In 1936 Congress enacted a statute1 which authorized an appropriation of $161,400 in full compensation for 64,560 acres of land in Western Colorado theretofore taken by the United States from the Confederated Bands of Ute Indians, and set aside as a naval oil reserve. Section 2 of that Act reads as follows:
“The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay, out of said appropriation when made, such fees and expenses as the Secretary of the Interior may deem reasonable, on a quantum meruit basis, for services rendered by attorneys or 'agents having approved or…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Shields v. BarrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Webster v. FallSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Waterman v. Canal-Louisiana Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Russell v. Clark's ExecutorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1812
- Robertson v. Railroad Labor BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Green v. BrophyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- Brown v. American Nat. BankCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
- Park v. DiddenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Game and Fish Commission v. FeastSupreme Court of Colorado · 1965
- New England Mut. Life Ins. v. BrandenburgDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1948
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