Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. McLennan v. Wilbur
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 18, 1931No. 618, 676, 704, 743PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
All these causes turn on the same point of law; the records disclose facts not materially different; one opinion will suffice.
The Act of Congress approved February 25, 1920, 41 Stat. 437, intended to promote certain mining operations, contains thirty-eight sections.
Section 1. “ That deposits of coal, phosphate, sodium, oil, oil shale, or gas, and lands containing such deposits owned by the United States, . . . shall be subject to disposition in the form and manner provided by this Act . . .
“ Sec. 13. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, under such necessary and proper…
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