BRONKEN v. MORTON

Nos. 25282-25284.

473 F.2d 790 (1973)

Paul B. BRONKEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rogers C. B. MORTON, Secretary of the Interior, Defendant-Appellee. Dessie M. HALL and First National Bank of Nevada, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rogers C. B. MORTON, Secretary of the Interior, Defendant-Appellant. Ferris F. BOOTHE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rogers C. B. MORTON, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferris F. Boothe (argued), of Black, Kendall, Tremaine, Boothe & Higgins, Portland, Ore., Bradley & Drendel, Reno, Nev., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jacques B. Gelin, Atty. (argued), Raymond N. Zagone, Atty., Shiro Kashiwa, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Bart M. Schouweiller, U. S. Atty., Reno, Nev., for defendants-appellees.

Before KOELSCH and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and POWELL, District Judge.


KOELSCH, Circuit Judge:

These three cases are here on the plaintiffs' appeals from summary judgments dismissing their actions to review administrative decisions of the Secretary of the Interior refusing to issue patents to public lands pursuant to applications filed by plaintiffs as holders of land selection rights.1

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