WILBUR v. UNITED STATES

No. 5241.

46 F.2d 217 (1930)

WILBUR, Secretary of the Interior, v. UNITED STATES ex rel. BARTON.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided December 1, 1930.

Petition for Rehearing Denied December 13, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. H. Graves and E. C. Finney, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

James Conlon, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices.


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 in the General Land...

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