Legal Opinion

Ray H. Albrechtsen and Mountain States Resources Corporation, Plaintiffs v. Cecil Andrus, Secretary of the Interior

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided February 15, 1978No. 76-1552PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the Secretary of the Interior from a judgment of the trial court directing the Secretary to reinstate certain applications for coal prospecting permits which had previously been rejected by the Secretary under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, 30 U.S.C. § 201(b).

In 1968, Ray H. Albrechtsen filed five applications for coal prospecting permits with the Department of the Interior, the applications covering some 12,885 acres of land in the State of Utah. On July 10, 1968, application U-5139 was rejected in its entirety by the Land Office…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Federal Crop Ins. Corp. v. MerrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Utah Power & Light Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  3. Montana Power Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
  4. Max L. Krueger v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
  5. Atlantic Richfield Co. v. HickelCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. United States v. MottoloDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1988
  2. United States v. John Val BrowningCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
  3. United States v. Gutierrez-GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
  4. Tosco Corp. v. HodelDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1985
  5. CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER, ETC. v. BerglandDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1981

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