The Dredge Corporation v. J. Russell Penny, State Supervisor, Bureau of Land Management, and Harold C. Hammitt, Manager of Reno, Nevada Land Office, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior, Etc., the Dredge Corporation v. E. J. Palmer, State Supervisor, Bureau of Land Management, and James E. Keogh, Jr., Manager of Reno, Nevada Land Office, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior

338 F.2d 456 The DREDGE CORPORATION, Appellant, v. J. Russell PENNY, State Supervisor, Bureau of Land Management, and Harold C. Hammitt, Manager of Reno, Nevada Land Office, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior, etc., Appellees. The DREDGE CORPORATION, Appellant, v. E. J. PALMER, State Supervisor, Bureau of Land Management, and James E. Keogh, Jr., Manager of Reno, Nevada Land Office, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, Appellees. No. 18463. No. 18464. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. November 13, 1964. George W. Nilsson, Los Angeles, Cal., Deaner, Butler & Adamson, Las Vegas, Nev., for appellant. Ramsey Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger P. Marguis, Thos. L. McKevitt, A. Donald Mileur, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellees. Before BARNES, HAMLEY and BROWNING, Circuit Judges. HAMLEY, Circuit Judge. 1 These are consolidated appeals from summary judgments entered in companion district court cases involving the validity of thirty-six mining claims near Las Vegas, Nevada. The claims are owned by The Dredge Corporation, a Nevada corporation, which is the plaintiff in each case. The defendants are officials of the Bureau of Land…