STATE OF WYOMING v. ANDRUS

No. 77-2031.

602 F.2d 1379 (1979)

STATE OF WYOMING, Oscar E. Swan, Commissioner of Public Lands, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Cecil D. ANDRUS, Secretary, United States Department of Interior, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 18, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Michael Weber, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, Wyo. (John D. Troughton, Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, Wyo., on brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael A. McCord, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (James W. Moorman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Charles E. Graves, U. S. Atty., Toshiro Suyematsu, Asst. U. S. Atty., Cheyenne, Wyo., and Robert L. Klarquist, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and McWILLIAMS and DOYLE, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

INTRODUCTION—EXPLANATION OF ISSUES

The ultimate question which is presented in this case is whether Wyoming is entitled to so-called lieu lands for acres included within rights-of-way previously granted to the Union Pacific Railroad. Wyoming is entitled to compensatory grants if it is determined that the conveyances of railroad rights-of-way to the Union Pacific constituted...

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