Legal Opinion
McKay v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 30, 2008No. 06-1538PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Charles Church McKay brought this action under the Quiet Title Act of 1972(QTA), Pub.L. No. 92-562, 86 Stat. 1176, to enforce his alleged right to receive special use permits from the United States relating to federal land in which he owns oil and gas interests and next to which he owns land. He invoked the waiver of sovereign immunity in 28 U.S.C. § 2409a (authorizing action “to adjudicate a disputed title to real property in which the United States claims an interest”), and the associated grant of jurisdiction to the federal district courts in 28 U.S.C. §…
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