McKENNA v. WALLIS

No. 19631.

366 F.2d 210 (1966)

Patrick A. McKENNA, Appellant, v. Floyd A. WALLIS and Pan American Petroleum Corporation, Appellees. PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Floyd A. WALLIS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 26, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. L. Brunini, Jackson, Miss., Courtney Whitney, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mettery I. Sherry, Jr., Lloyd J. Cobb, Percy Sandel, New Orleans, La., H. M. Holder, Shreveport, La., Wm. P. Hardeman, Houston, Tex., C. Ellis Henican, New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and BOOTLE, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This Court held that federal law was applicable in determining the rights of the parties under the lease from the United States of public domain land.1

The Supreme Court vacated our judgment, held that federal law should not govern and remanded the case to this Court for consideration of other contentions, including the claim that McKenna and Pan American should prevail under...

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