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Boesche v. Udall

371 U.S. 886 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1962-11-05 Docket No. 332 English

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p. 886
No. 332.
Boesche, Administrator, v. Udall, Secretary of the Interior.
Lewis E. Hoffman and Leon BenEzra for petitioner.
Solicitor General Cox, Roger P. Marquis and A. Donald Mileur for respondent.

The petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is granted limited to the question presented by the petition which reads as follows:

“Whether the Secretary of the Interior has authority under Section 31 of the Mineral Leasing Act, as amended, to cancel oil and gas leases by administrative action, for failure to comply with the Department’s regulations.”