Legal Opinion
Harold E. L. Barton v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Department of the Interior of the Unitedstates of America
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 30, 1974No. 71-1991PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROWNING, Circuit Judge:
Appellant and another 1 applied to the Department of the Interior for patents to two lode mining claims. The applications were denied and the claims held void on the ground that applicants had not shown discovery of a valuable mineral deposit as required by the applicable statutes. 30 U.S.C. §§ 22, 23, 29, 35. Appellant filed this action to obtain judicial review of the Department’s ruling. The district court gave judgment for the Government. We affirm.
The general legal standards to be applied are well established. “[T]he only statutory standard has been and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. ColemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Chrisman v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Alonzo A. Adams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Ford M. Converse v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Barrows v. HickelCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. Gulf Oil Corporation, and United Nuclear CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- John Hjelvik, True Craig, Jr. v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, United States Department of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Skaw v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1987
- Bell v. United States Forest ServiceDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1974
- Doria Mining & Engineering Corp. v. MortonDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1976
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