Legal Opinion
Ken McMaster v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 24, 2013No. 11-17489PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BYBEE, Circuit Judge:
McMaster owns the Oro Grande mining claim, located in the Trinity Alps Wilderness area. In 1992, McMaster filed an application for a patent, having satisfied all of the requirements for receiving a patent under the General Mining Law of 1872. However, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) granted McMaster a patent to only the mineral estate; the surface estate was reserved to the United States. McMaster brought suit under the Quiet Title Act (“QTA”), Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), and Declaratory Judgment Act (“DJA”), seeking to quiet fee-simple title to the…
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