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UNITED STATES v. ICKES

No. 8557.

143 F.2d 152 (1944)

UNITED STATES ex rel. JORDAN v. ICKES, Secretary of the Interior.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided June 5, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Orin de Motte Walker, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Harry M. Edelstein, Assistant Solicitor, Department of the Interior, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Jackson E. Price, Principal Attorney, Department of the Interior, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Warner W. Gardner, Solicitor, Department of the Interior, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.

MILLER, Associate Justice.

Appellant sought, unsuccessfully, to secure from the Secretary of the Interior prospecting leases for oil and gas upon submerged lands adjacent to the City of Long Beach, off the west coast of California. He then sued the Secretary in the District Court, seeking a declaratory judgment, a writ directing the Secretary to show cause, and an order directing him to execute and deliver leases for the lands described in his applications. Appellee...

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