LEO SHEEP CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 76-1138.

570 F.2d 881 (1977)

LEO SHEEP COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1977.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Michael Golden, Rawlins, Wyo. (John A. MacPherson of MacPherson & Golden, Rawlins, Wyo., and Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Denver, Colo., on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Peter R. Steenland, Jr., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Peter R. Taft, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., James P. Castberg, U. S. Atty., Tosh Suyematsu, Asst. U. S. Atty., Cheyenne, Wyo., and Edmund B. Clark, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

Before McWILLIAMS, BARRETT and DOYLE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 28, 1978.

McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Leo Sheep Company and Palm Livestock Company, both Wyoming corporations, brought suit against the United States of America, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management for declaratory and injunctive relief under the Quiet Title Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2409a. The plaintiffs, as owners of certain odd-numbered sections of land in Carbon County...

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