BOLT v. U.S.

No. 90-35440.

944 F.2d 603 (1991)

Alex Wayne BOLT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, U.S. Department of the Interior; Bureau of Land Management; Ptarmigan Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 16, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick H. Boness, Preston, Thorgrimson, Shidler, Gates & Ellis, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellant.

John T. Stahr, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and PRO, District Judge.


O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We consider whether the annual recordation requirements of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ("FLPMA") are applicable to mining claims located within national parks.

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Ptarmigan Company, Inc., is a corporation owned almost exclusively by Kirk Stanley. Ptarmigan owned a number of lode mining claims, the most valuable of which were the unpatented "Rambler Claims" in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve...

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