E. V. PRESSENTIN and Fred J. Martin, Administrator of H. A. Martin Estate, Appellants
v.
Fred A. SEATON, Secretary of the Interior, Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture, et al., Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 11, 1960.
Decided June 30, 1960.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mr. Charles S. Rhyne, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Charles A. Dukes, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.
Mr. Hugh Nugent, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of the bar of the Supreme Court of Missouri, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Messrs. S. Billingsley Hill and Thomas L. McKevitt, Attys., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for appellees.
Messrs. Roger P. Marquis, Claron C. Spencer and Robert S. Griswold, Jr., Attys., Dept. of Justice, also entered appearances for appellees.
Before PRETTYMAN, Chief Judge, and DANAHER and BURGER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.
PRETTYMAN, Chief Judge.
Appellants Pressentin and Martin1 applied to the Bureau of Land Management for patents on certain mining claims they had located. A contest was instituted by the Regional Forester in Portland, Oregon, a representative of the Secretary of Agriculture. A hearing was held, and on January 3, 1957, a hearing examiner in the Bureau of Land Management found the claims invalid. Appellants sought to appeal to the Director...
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