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UDALL v. TALLMAN

No. 34.

380 U.S. 1 (1965)

UDALL, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR v. TALLMAN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne G. Barnett argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Cox, Roger P. Marquis and Edmund B. Clark.

Charles F. Wheatley, Jr., argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Robert L. McCarty.

Briefs of amici curiae, urging reversal, were filed by Clayton L. Orn, Marvin J. Sonosky, Oscar L. Chapman, Martin L. Friedman and Marion B. Plant for Marathon Oil Company et al., and by Abe Fortas, Joseph A. Ball, Gordon A. Goodwin, Francis R. Kirkham, Turner H. McBaine and Clark M. Clifford for Richfield Oil Corporation et al.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

At issue in this case is the effect of Executive Order No. 8979 and Public Land Order No. 487 upon the Secretary of the Interior's authority to issue oil and gas leases.

Between October 15, 1954, and January 28, 1955, D. J. Griffin and other persons—hereinafter collectively referred to as the Griffin lessees—filed applications for oil and gas leases on approximately 25,000 acres located...

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