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· 7/21/1955

Douglas McKay Secretary of the Interior v. L. C. Wahlenmaier

Citations

  • 226 F.2d 35
  • 96 U.S. App. D.C. 313
  • 5 Oil & Gas Rep. 340
  • 1955 U.S. App. LEXIS 4662

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • District Court has power to set aside \patently erroneous\ application by Secretary of Interior of own regulation
  • award of oil and gas lease on public lands on basis of false or misleading application
  • “The Secretary found that his application was defective and that it was filed in an inherently unfair situation which would have caused it to be rejected had the real situation been disclosed before the drawing”
  • ‘‘The Secretary found that his application was defective and that it was filed in an inherently unfair situation which would have caused it to be rejected had the real situation been disclosed before the drawing’’

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Judges: Washington, Prettyman, Miller

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