Legal Opinion
King v. Udall
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 11, 1967No. Civ. A. 2750-64PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
This action was commenced against the Secretary of the Interior, and was brought by unsuccessful applicants for a lease on certain public lands located in Alaska that were not within any known geological structure of a producing oil or gas field.
The authority of the Secretary to lease such lands is contained in the so-called Mineral Lands Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C. § 226. Subsection (e) of that section provides that:
“If the lands to be leased are not within any known geological structure of a producing oil or gas field, the person first making application for the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Thor-Westcliffe Development, Inc. v. UdallCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
3Cited by19 opinions
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- Gibson v. Miami Valley Milk Producers, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1973
- Bobby Ray Welch v. Louisiana Power & Light CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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