Legal Opinion
Work v. United States ex rel. Rives
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 7, 1924No. 4020PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
The Secretary of the Interior appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, awarding a mandamus against him, by which he is directed to take jurisdic*226tion of a claim filed with him by the relator, Logan Rives, under section 5 of the Act of Congress approved March 2, 1919 (40 Stat. 1272), as amended by the Act of November 23, 1921 (42 Stat. 322 [Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 311514/15e]).
By section 5 just mentioned, before it was amended (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 311514/15e), the Secretary was authorized “to adjust, liquidate, and pay such net…
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- United States v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Work v. United States Ex Rel. MosierSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Work v. United States Ex Rel. McAlester-Edwards Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- United States ex rel. McAlester-Edwards Coal Co. v. FallCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1922
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- Work v. United States ex rel. Chestatee Pyrites & Chemical Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1924
- United States ex rel. Vindicator Consolidated Gold Mining Co. v. WilburCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1931