Laden v. Andrus

595 F.2d 482 George C. LADEN, Louis Wedekind, Mrs. Vern Lear, Mrs. Arda Fritz, and Helen Laden Wagner, Heirs of George H. Wedekind, Deceased, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. Cecil B. ANDRUS, United States Secretary of the Interior, Burton W. Silcock, Director of the Bureau of Land Management, United States Dept. of the Interior, Ed Rowland, Nevada State Director, Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior, Defendants/Appellees. No. 77-1638. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. April 2, 1979. Rehearing Denied May 11, 1979. E. A. Hollingsworth (argued) of Echeverria & Osborne, Reno, Nev., for plaintiffs/appellants. E. Perra Gezelin, Asst. U. S. Atty., Reno, Nev., Maryann Walsh (argued) of Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants/appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Before DUNIWAY and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and KING, * District Judge. SNEED, Circuit Judge: 1 The heirs of George H. Wedekind appeal from a summary judgment entered by the district court upholding an Interior Department decision that appellants were not entitled to a patent covering a section of public land pursuant to Section…