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UNITED STATES v. DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 69-74.

322 F.Supp. 121 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Inc., Mildred Heintz Pottharst, John E. Pottharst, Jr., Mildred Pottharst Ellis, Viola Pottharst Rowland, Getty Oil Company, Gulf Oil Corporation, Thomas Connell and Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

November 16, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norton L. Wisdom, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

H. M. Holder, Tucker, Martin, Holder, Jeter & Jackson, Shreveport, La., A. Lane Plauche, Lake Charles, La., for Delta Development Co., Inc., Mildred Heintz Pottharst, John E. Pottharst, Jr., Mildred Pottharst Ellis and Viola Pottharst Rowland.

Austin W. Lewis, John King, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, La., for Getty Oil Co. and Gulf Oil Co.

John M. McCollam, Milling, Saal, Saunders, Benson & Woodward, New Orleans, La., for Louisiana Land & Exploration Co.

Melvin Evans, New Orleans, La., for Gulf Oil Co.

CASSIBRY, District Judge:

This is an action by the United States to quiet its title to the mineral rights in 1921.62 acres of land in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.1 The property is located in the Bastian Bay gas field and is quite valuable for minerals.

The suit involves a determination of the validity of a mineral reservation in favor of the United States that was incorporated in...

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