Oregon Portland Cement Co. v. United States Department of the Interior

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

VON DER HEYDT, Chief Judge.

THIS CAUSE comes before the court on cross-motions for summary judgment. The basis of this action is a complaint for review, under the Administrative Procedure Act, of a decision by the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA). In that decision, the IBLA affirmed a decision of the Alaska State Office, Bureau of Land Management, declaring certain of plaintiffs placer mining claims abandoned and void. See Oregon Portland Cement Co., 66 IBLA 204 (1982). Since the facts of this case are undisputed, it is ripe for summary judgment.

The issue in this case…