BRADFORD v. U. S. EX REL. DEPT. OF INTERIOR, ETC.

No. 79-1228.

651 F.2d 700 (1981)

Cleo M. BRADFORD and LaJuan Gay Bradford, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF LANDS AND MINERALS, Defendant-Appellant, and Pauline Street Johnson; Farmers Union Cooperative Royalty Company, a corporation; Flag Oil Corporation of Delaware, a corporation; Flag-Redfern Oil Company, a corporation; and J. D. Lee, Defendants-Appellees, State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Commissioners of the Land Office; John S. Badger; and F. Blair Thorp Nuclear Corporation of New Mexico, a corporation, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided June 8, 1981.

Rehearing Denied August 31, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Green, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Sanford Sagalkin, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Larry D. Patton, U. S. Atty., and John E. Green, First Asst. U. S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl., Carl Strass, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with him on the brief), for defendant-appellant United States of America.

Larry M. Weber of Myers, Mollison & Weber, Altus, Okl., for plaintiffs-appellees, Cleo M. Bradford and LaJuan Gay Bradford.

James C. Pinkerton, Tulsa, Okl. (Carl Pinkerton, Tulsa, Okl., with him on the brief), for defendant-appellee Flag-Redfern Oil Co.

Granville Tomerlin of Tomerlin & High, Oklahoma City, Okl., filed brief for defendant-appellee Farmers Union Cooperative Royalty Company. Barney W. Miller of Miller, Smith & Dawson, Oklahoma City, Okl., joined in briefs of Farmers Union Co-operative Royalty Co. and Flag-Redfern Oil Co. for defendant-appellee Pauline Street Johnson. Charles C. Yon of Oklahoma City, Okl., joined in brief of Farmers Union Co-operative Royalty Co. for defendant-appellee J. D. Lee.

Before DOYLE, McKAY and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.


SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Cleo M. and LaJuan Gay Bradford (Bradford) brought this quiet title action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2409a.1 Named as defendants were the owners of the property to the northwest of the Bradford land, including Pauline Street Johnson, Farmers Union Cooperative Royalty Company, Flag Oil Corporation, J. D. Lee and other interest holders (the Johnson defendants...

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