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STEWART v. PENNY

Civ. No. 1619.

238 F.Supp. 821 (1965)

Charles H. STEWART, Plaintiff, v. Gordon PENNY, individually and as Manager of the Reno, Nevada Land Office, Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Department of Interior and Dante Solari, individually and as District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Department of Interior, Defendants.

United States District Court D. Nevada.

February 26, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Chrislaw, Minden, Nev., for plaintiff.

John W. Bonner, U. S. Atty., Las Vegas, Nev., Merlyn H. Hoyt, Asst. U. S. Atty., Reno, Nev., Thomas L. McKevitt, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

THOMPSON, District Judge.

The inadequacy of our public land laws to afford reasonably workable methods, under present conditions, for the acquisition of public lands by private citizens is a matter of growing national concern. It is of particular concern to the State of Nevada inasmuch as approximately eighty-five per cent of the area of this State (the seventh largest) is still in the public domain. Much of it has a valuable...

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