UNITED STATES v. UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA

No. 74-1574.

549 F.2d 1271 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Lindskold, Atty., Dept. of Justice (argued), Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Dennis B. Goldstein, Deputy Atty. Gen., State of Cal. (argued), San Francisco, Cal., as amicus curiae for plaintiff-appellant.

David J. Wynne, Brobeck. Phleger and Harrison, George B. White (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWNING and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and TURRENTINE, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 23, 1977.

BROWNING, Circuit Judge.

This is a quiet title action brought by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to section 21(b) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, 30 U.S.C. § 1020(b), to determine whether the mineral reservation in patents issued under the Stock-Raising Homestead Act of 1916, 43 U.S.C. § 291 et seq., reserved to the United States geothermal resources underlying...

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