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Montana ex rel. Johnson v. State Board of Land Commissioners

348 U.S. 961 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1955-03-14 Docket No. 567 English

Delivered by Per Curiam:

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p. 961
No. 567.
Montana ex rel. Johnson v. State Board of Land Commissioners et al.
William J. Jameson, Dean Acheson, Charles A. Horsky and W. Graham Claytor, Jr. for petitioner.
Arnold H. Olsen, Attorney General of Montana, and William F. Crowley, Assistant Attorney General, for respondents.
Russell E. Smith for the Governor of Montana, respondent.
Briefs of amici curiae in support of the petition were filed by

On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Montana.

Certiorari is granted. The decision below is reversed insofar as it holds that the 1953 Montana Statute, Montana Rev. Codes, 1947 (Cum. Supp. 1953), § 81-1702 (2), is inconsistent with federal law. The case is accordingly remanded to the Montana Supreme Court for proceedings not inconsistent with this order.

p. 962
Leslie R. Burgum, Attorney General, and C. L. Young for the State of North Dakota, and Phil W. Saunders, Attorney General, and Ralph A. Dunham for the State of South Dakota.