Legal Opinion
Wilbur v. United States ex rel. Barton
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 1, 1930No. 5241PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
Appeal from a judgment in the Supreme Court of the District directing the issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of the Interior “to reinstate the application of the petitioner, Roy G. Barton, * * * and to proceed thereon according to law.”
Should the judgment be affirmed, it probably would result in the reinstatement of “more than 5,000 applications for oil and gas permits on public lands pending iñ the General Land Office in Washington and an unknown number in the field offices.”
The cause was heard on petition and answer. There is no dispute as to the…
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