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WALLIS v. PAN AMERICAN PET. CORP.

No. 341.

384 U.S. 63 (1966)

WALLIS v. PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORP. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 25, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Ellis Henican argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Murray F. Cleveland and H. M. Holder.

Lloyd J. Cobb argued the cause for respondent Pan American Petroleum Corp. With him on the brief were Morris Wright and Percy Sandel. E. L. Brunini argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent McKenna.

Solicitor General Marshall, Assistant Attorney General Weisl, Richard A. Posner and Roger P. Marquis filed a brief for the United States, as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents a question concerning "federal common law" best explained after a summary of the facts and the legal proceedings involved.

At stake in the litigation are rights in several tracts, aggregating 827 acres, of oil-rich "mud lumps" or islands owned by the United States and located in a mouth of the Mississippi River near Burrwood, Louisiana.1 In

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