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Andrus Vs. Shell Oil Co.

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 02, 1980

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  1. Udall Vs. Tallman US Supreme Court · Mar 01, 1965
  2. Sec Vs. Sloan US Supreme Court · May 15, 1978
  3. United States Vs. Coleman US Supreme Court · Apr 22, 1968
  4. Andrus v. Shell
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  5. Oil Co. - 446 U.S. 657 (1980) U.S. Supreme Court Andrus v. Shell
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  6. Oil Co., 446 U.S. 657 (1980) Andrus v. Shell
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  7. were invalid, a hearing examiner ruled the claims valid on the ground that the Department's 1927 decision in Freeman v. Summers
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  8. an operating mine that would yield a reasonable profit. It rejected prior departmental precedent, particularly Freeman v. Summers
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  9. the rule of Freeman v. Summers
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  10. to begin adjudicating applications for patents for pre-1920 oil shale claims, and later enunciated in Freeman v. Summers
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  11. was one justifying present expenditures with a reasonable prospect of developing a profitable mine. See United States v. Coleman
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  12. Castle v. Womble
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  13. test. However, he deemed himself bound by the Department's contrary decision in Freeman v. Summers
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  14. Id. at 206. (Emphasis added.) The hearing examiner ruled that Freeman v. Summers
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  15. conclusion was at odds with prior departmental precedent, and Page 446 U. S. 662 particularly with Freeman v. Summers
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  16. the decision in Freeman v. Summers
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  17. Shell Oil Co. v. Kleppe
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  18. Book v. Justice
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  19. Madison v. Octave
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  20. Oil Co., 154 Cal. 768, 772, 99 P. 176, 178 (1908) (emphasis added). Accord, Cascaden v. Bartolis
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  21. United States v. Ohio
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  22. Montana Cent. R. Co. v. Migeon
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  23. Dennis v. Utah
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  24. was not mentioned as a relevant, let alone a critical, consideration. In 1927, the Department decided Freeman v. Summers
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  25. Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. United
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  26. States, 288 U. S. 294 , 288 U. S. 315 (1933). Accord, e.g., United States v. National
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  27. Ralph S. Kelly, then the General Land Office Division Inspector in Denver. Kelly's criticism centered on the Freeman v. Summers
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  28. that the original position of the Department of the Interior, enunciated in the 1920 Instructions and in Freeman v. Summers
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  29. See Hickel v. Oil
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  30. Kendall v. San
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  31. both at the time of location and at the time of determination. Barrows v. Hickel
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  32. In Chrisman v. Miller
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  33. L.D. at 457. Accord, Best v. Humboldt
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  34. Cameron v. United
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  35. States, 252 U. S. 450 , 252 U. S. 459 (1920). In United States v. Coleman
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  36. U. S. 313 (1960). This sound admonition has guided several of our recent decisions. See, e.g., TVA v. Hill
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  37. as a source that a court may consider in the search for legislative intent. See, e.g., Seatrain Shipbuilding Corp. v. Shell
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  38. Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC
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  39. NLRB v. Bell
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  40. United States v. Strauss
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  41. that a present marketability standard does not apply to oil shale. It does not affect our conclusion in United States v. Coleman
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  42. were not meaningful data under the Castle v. Womble
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  43. he future value concept of Freeman v. Summers
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  44. is nothing more than the 'reasonable prospect of success' of Castle v. Womble
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  45. and the reference to 'present facts' in Castle v. Womble
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  46. of the statute by the agency charged with its application is entitled to substantial weight. See United States v. National
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  47. The Court points to congressional committee hearings that were held in 1931 on the Secretary's 1927 Freeman v. Summers
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  48. U.S. Supreme Court Andrus v. Shell
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  49. Freeman v. Summers
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  50. of Freeman v. Summers
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