Legal Opinion
Thor-Westcliffe Development, Inc. v. Udall
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 24, 1963No. 17101PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 1 provides that public lands “not within any known geological structure of a producing oil or gas field” shall be leased “to the person first making application” at not less than fifty cents per acre. In an effort to eliminate the chaos which sometimes resulted from competition among applicants to be literally the “person first making application” for leases having speculative value far in excess of leasing costs, the Secretary of the Interior promulgated a regulation2 providing for simultaneous filing and a public…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Commissioner v. South Texas Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Morrissey v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Helvering v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- United States v. MoniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States Ex Rel. McLennan v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Robert v. Ferry v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior, Autrice Copeland Freeman v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Udall v. Washington, Virginia & Maryland Coach Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior v. Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Company, Inc., D.C. Transitsystem, Inc., Intervenor. United States of America v. Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Company, Inc., D.C. Transitsystem, Inc., Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, and Virginiastate Corporation Commission, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- King v. UdallDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1967
- Lowey v. WattCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
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