JACKSON v. ROBERTSON

No. 83-1187.

763 F.2d 1176 (1985)

Ruth JACKSON (Shelp), Imogene L. McBride, George C. Meline and Ethelmae Meline, husband and wife, Earl B. Milton and Virginia L. Milton, husband and wife, Carroll L. Niblack, Marion Niblack, Bill J. Osborn, Clarence E. Patterson and Mary E. Patterson, husband and wife, Clarence E. Patterson and Helen A. Patterson, Olive Poage, Homer S. Potter and Inez M. Potter, husband and wife, Donald J. Reed and Irene S. Reed, husband and wife, Shafco Industries Inc., a corporation, John H. Van Dyke, Jr., Treva D. Walton, Nancy I. Webster, William M. Yarcusko, Robert B. Farnsworth, Donald E. Farris and Marilyn J. Farris, husband and wife, Melvin J. Getten, Thomas W. Gough and Marilyn J. Gough, husband and wife, Tony R. Guillen, Loyal E. Harris, Robert L. Hart, James C. Hawkins and Ona E. Hawkins, husband and wife, Robert T. Heck, William U. Jones, Evelyn M. Cummings, Hugh H. Dossett and Mary V. Dossett, husband and wife, J.P. Dujka, Floyd A. Ancheta and Lillian Ancheta, husband and wife, Frances Farnsworth (Gerard), Chester R. Bergthold and Georgia M. Bergthold, husband and wife, Zach Brinkerhoff, Judy Packard Jennings, Arthur Boatright, Fred H. Suggs and Will M. Suggs, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Orville A. Niblack, Clyde Niblack, Saunda L. Niblack, Helen E. Peterson, Incentive Investments Inc., a corporation, Marybelle Van Dyke, Triny D. Guillen, Orvetta M. Harris, Frances M. Harris, Lois D. Jones, Ruth M. Hart, Mrs. Don R. Hinderliter, Yvonne Boatright, and Sam Roberts, Plaintiffs, v. Wanda S. ROBERTSON, Conrad E. Bales, Lighthouse Trust, Wanda S. Robertson, Executive Trustee, and Conrad E. Bales, Executive Secretary Trustee, Eagle Trust, Wanda S. Robertson and Conrad E. Bales, Trustees, Resource Trust, Wanda Robertson and Helene Martin, Trustees, Goce Corporation, Helene Martin, Lamar Monesmith, Gil Smith and Henrietta Smith, Defendants-Appellants, John Doe Carskaddon and/or Jane Doe Carskaddon, Harry Creith, Edward Dejulis, Vera Weise Dejulis, Rex Osborn, Fran Osborn, C.W. Skinner, Pauline Skinner, Peggy Skinner, R.E. Skinner, Jane Doe Smith, Leonard Smith and Donna Smith, Ouida Marie Smith, Ernest Wilkerson, Mother of Pearl (Mrs. Roy) Webster, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Castberg, Powell, Wyo. (Fred C. Reed, Cheyenne, Wyo., with him on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

Lee Karavitis of Murane & Bostwick (Patrick Dixon, with him on the brief), Casper, Wyo., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before LOGAN and SETH, Circuit Judges, and FINESILVER, District Judge.


SETH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court's order fixing ownership interests in mining claims on federal land. Appellants, defendants below, raise two questions of federal statutory interpretation. They urge that provisions of 43 U.S.C. § 1744 (The 1976 Land Act) operate to void the interests of all appellees. Appellants also contend that many of the appellees forfeited any ownership interest in the...

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