STATE OF WYOMING v. UNITED STATES

No. 6869.

310 F.2d 566 (1962)

STATE OF WYOMING and the Richfield Oil Corporation, a corporation, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Foote and M. F. Schade, Los Angeles, Cal. (W. M. Haight, Deputy Atty.Gen., State of Wyoming, and Frank M. Gallivan, Cheyenne, Wyo., were on the brief), for appellants.

S. Billingsley Hill, Atty., Dept. of Justice (Ramsey Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Robert N. Chaffin, U. S. Atty., Cheyenne, Wyo., Roger P. Marquis and Margaret S. Willick, Attys., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief), for the United States.

Before PHILLIPS, PICKETT and HILL, Circuit Judges.


PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought this action against the State of Wyoming1 and Richfield Oil Corporation,2 seeking a declaratory judgment, under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2201, establishing its title to certain lands in the State of Wyoming, as against the adverse claims of title made by the State of Wyoming, and by Richfield Oil Corporation as the lessee under oil and gas leases on a portion of...

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