Bradley-Turner Mines, Inc. v. Branagh

294 F.2d 954 BRADLEY-TURNER MINES, INC., a corporation, Appellant, v. Henry E. BRANAGH, as Forest Supervisor, Tahoe National Forest, California, and M. G. Barnum, as California Regional Forester, United States Forest Service, Appellees. No. 17197. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. September 13, 1961. Chas. L. Gilmore, Sacramento, Cal., for appellant. Ramsey Clark, Asst. Atty., Gen., Roger P. Marquis and Raymond N. Zagone, attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Laurence E. Dayton, U. S. Atty., and William B. Spohn, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee. Before HAMLIN, JERTBERG and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges. HAMLIN, Circuit Judge. 1 Bradley-Turner Mines, Inc., appellant herein, filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Northern Division, seeking an injunction restraining Henry E. Branagh, as Forest Supervisor, Tahoe National Forest, and M. G. Barnum, as California Regional Forester, United States Forest Service, appellees herein, from conveying or contracting to convey any rights in timber on unpatented mining claims in plaintiff's possession. A temporary restraining order was issued on May 2, 1960,…