Legal Opinion

United States v. North American Oil Consolidated

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided April 5, 1920No. 3340PublishedCited by 6 opinions

’ Appeal from the District Court of the United States for tire Northern Division of the Southern District of California; Robert S. Bean, Judge. Suit by the United States against the North American Oil Consolidated and others. From a decree dismissing the suit (242 Fed. 723), the United States appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

ROSS', Circuit Judge.

The present is an appeal from the final decree of the court below dismissing the suit, which was brought by the government to obtain a decree adjudging that the defendants thereto had no right or interest in a certain section of the then public land of the United States known and described as section 2, township 32 south, of range 23 east of the Mt. Diablo base and meridian, or in any of the oil,'gas, or other mineral contained therein, for the appointment of a receiver of the property, for an injunction, and an accounting of the oil that had been extracted from the land.

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Consolidated Mut. Oil Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1917
  2. United States v. North American Oil ConsolidatedDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1917

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. North American Oil Consolidated v. BurnetSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Booth v. FletcherCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
  3. Fletcher v. Evening Star Newspaper Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
  4. Franz v. BuderCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
  5. Burnet v. North American Oil ConsolidatedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931

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