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CONTINENTAL OIL CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 11774.

184 F.2d 802 (1950)

CONTINENTAL OIL CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. CONTINENTAL OIL CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

October 16, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. R. Martineau, Jr., Richard C. Heaton, Joseph P. Rinnert, Glenn B. Martineau, all of Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant Continental Oil Co.

D. W. Woods, Martin J. Weil, Olive E. Boswell, all of Los Angeles, Cal. (A. L. Weil, Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel), for appellant General Petroleum Corp.

A. DeVitt Vanech, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robt. E. Mulroney, Attorney, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Francis B. Critchlow, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Marvin J. Sonosky, Attorney, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States of America.

Before HEALY and POPE, Circuit Judges, and LING, District Judge.

POPE, Circuit Judge.

In 1929 and 1930 the United States issued to appellants Continental Oil Company and General Petroleum Corporation, herein called, respectively, Continental and General, various oil and gas leases, covering lands in the Kettleman Hills field in California. The leases were made pursuant to section 14 of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, 41 Stat. 442, 30 U.S.C.A. § 223.

The Secretary of the Interior, asserting that the posted...

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