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WATT v. WESTERN NUCLEAR, INC.

No. 81-1686.

462 U.S. 36 (1983)

WATT, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, ET AL. v. WESTERN NUCLEAR, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 6, 1983

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Garvey argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Assistant Attorney General Dinkins, Deputy Solicitor General Claiborne, and Robert L. Klarquist.

Harley W. Shaver argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was John H. Licht.*

JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Stock-Raising Homestead Act of 1916, the last of the great Homestead Acts, provided for the settlement of homesteads on lands the surface of which was "chiefly valuable for grazing and raising forage crops" and "not susceptible of irrigation from any known source of water supply." 43 U. S. C. § 292. Congress reserved to the United States title to "all the coal and other minerals" in lands patented under...

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