Lewis v. Hickel

427 F.2d 673 Perley M. LEWIS and Mildred C. Lewis, his wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Walter J. HICKEL, as Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; Charles H. Stoddard, as Director of the Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior; Fred J. Weiler, as Arizona State Director of the Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior; Roy T. Helmandollar, as Manager, Phoenix Land Office, Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior, Defendants. No. 23086. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued March 12, 1970. Decided June 1, 1970. John D. Lewis (argued), of Holman, Lewis, MacArthur & Carver, Tempe, Ariz., for appellants. Robert S. Lynch (argued), U. S. Dept. of Justice, Lands Division, S. Kashiwa, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lands Division, Washington, D. C., Richard K. Burke, U. S. Atty., Tucson, Ariz., Richard S. Alleman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., for appellee. Before BARNES, HAMLEY and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges. EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants brought suit to overturn a decision of the Secretary of the Interior rejecting their application for a private exchange of lands…