Legal Opinion
Occidental Geothermal, Inc. v. Simmons
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 15, 1982No. C-81-0510, C-82-0911PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PATEL, District Judge.
I. THE PROPHECY
In the early 1900s Congress enacted a number of statutes opening up public lands for agricultural and homestead settlement, subject to a reservation of mineral rights to the United States. One of those statutes was the Stock-Raising Homestead Act of December 29, 1916, 43 U.S. §§ 291-301 (hereinafter the “1916 Act”).
In the long debates that preceded this legislation one congressman predicted that “this bill will encourage litigation. I cannot imagine a more fruitful source of lawsuits than this bill as it is now worded.” 45 Cong.Rec. 6045 (1910).
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Reno Livestock Corp. v. Sun Oil Co.(Delaware)Wyoming Supreme Court · 1981
- Hollenbach v. HaycraftSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Kinney-Coastal Oil Co. v. KiefferSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- United States v. Union Oil Company of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Sierra Club v. WattDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1985
- R & R Energies v. Mother Earth Industries, Inc.Utah Supreme Court · 1997
- Lee v. WestUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2000
- Rosette Incorporated v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
- Crow Tribe of Indians v. PetersDistrict Court, D. Montana · 2011
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