Legal Opinion
Wyoming v. Udall
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 14, 1967No. 9095PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
The controversy relates to the ownership of oil and gas deposits underlying a railroad right-of-way across a school land section in Wyoming. The Secretary upheld the claim of the United States. The appellants-plaintiffs brought a mandamus action under 28 U.S.C. § 1361 to compel recognition of Wyoming’s title asserted under the act admitting that state to the union and granting to it for school purposes certain sections of land including those in dispute here.1 The district court affirmed the decision of the Secretary.
The United States, pursuant to the Act of July…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. TownsendSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Deffeback v. HawkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- United States v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Davis's Administrator v. WeibboldSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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3Cited by12 opinions
- CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER, ETC. v. BerglandDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1981
- Energy Transportation Systems, Inc., a Delaware Corporation v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Utah Corporation, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
- Beres v. StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2005
- City of Aberdeen v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.District Court, D. South Dakota · 1984
- State of Wyoming, Oscar E. Swan, Commissioner of Public Lands v. Cecil D. Andrus, Secretary, United States Department of Interior, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
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