Legal Opinion
The Leiter Minerals, Inc. v. United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1964No. 19963PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
The question presented is the right to mine and remove oil, gas, and other minerals from about 8711 acres of land in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, a right worth many millions of dollars. The mineral right was established in a deed dated December 21, 1938 from Thomas Leiter conveying the lands to the United States, and reserving the right to the minerals as follows:
“The Vendor reserves from this sale the right to mine and remove, or to grant to others the right to *87mine and remove, all oil, gas and other valuable minerals which maybe deposited in or under said lands, and…
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