Legal Opinion
United States v. State of Wyoming
District Court, D. Wyoming
Decided June 22, 1961No. Civ. No. 4304PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERR, District Judge.
This controversy arises out of the Act of Admission of the State of Wyoming to the Union on the Granting Act of July 10, 1890, 26 Stat. 222, and the Resurvey Acts of January 10, 1903, 32 Stat. 767, and May 29, 1908, 35 Stat. 465. The United States seeks to quiet title to lands described as Sections 16 and 36 in certain townships which it claims as public domain. The State of Wyoming asserts title to the same lands claiming that the State was granted all lands designated as Sections 16 and 36 as School Lands, and that it received additional lands identified by tract…
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- Wyoming v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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