Udall v. Kalerak

396 F.2d 746 Stewart L. UDALL, Secretary of the Interior, State of Alaska, Appellants, v. Andrew J. KALERAK, Jr., Armand C. Spielman, Ronald L. Thiel, Ray McCubbins, Lawrence McCubbins, Carl B. Fiscus, C. H. Trombley, Arvil Gary Taylor, Pearl Gingerich, Appellees. No. 21629. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. June 19, 1968. Rehearing Denied September 23, 1968. Edgar Paul Boyko (argued), Atty. Gen., Douglas B. Baily, Asst. Atty. Gen., Juneau, Alaska, for appellant State of Alaska. William M. Cohen (argued), Roger P. Marquis, Edwin L. Weisl, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Richard L. McVeigh, U. S. Atty., Gerald J. Van Hoomissen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Anchorage, Alaska, for Stewart L. Udall. Murphy Clark (argued) of Hughes, Thorsness & Lowe, Anchorage, Alaska, for appellees. Before HAMLEY and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and BYRNE, * District Judge. HAMLEY, Circuit Judge: 1 Andrew J. Kalerak, Jr. and eight other individuals brought this action in the district court to set aside a decision of the Secretary of the Interior rejecting their individual applications for certain tracts of land in the federal public domain in Alaska. Stewart L. Udall,…