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STANOLIND OIL AND GAS COMPANY v. SEATON

Nos. 13066-13067.

242 F.2d 23 (1956)

STANOLIND OIL AND GAS COMPANY, Appellant, v. Fred A. SEATON, Secretary of the Interior, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1956.

Petition for Rehearing Denied March 19, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W. W. Heard, Tulsa, Okl., of the bar of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Mr. Neil F. Stull, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. George S. Swarth, Attorney, Department of Justice, with whom Messrs. John F. Davis, Assistant to the Solicitor General, and Roger P. Marquis, Attorney, Department of Justice, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and WILBUR K. MILLER and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.

EDGERTON, Chief Judge.

On September 12, 1946, the State of Louisiana issued to appellant six oil and gas leases covering submerged lands in the Gulf of Mexico. The leases were to expire at the end of a year unless the lessee drilled or renewed the leases for a year by paying additional rent. Appellant did not drill, but paid rent for three one-year renewals and so maintained the leases in effect until September 12, 1950. Meantime, on June 5, 1950, the Supreme Court...

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