BROWN v. UNITED STATES DEPT. OF INTERIOR

No. 81-2064.

679 F.2d 747 (1982)

Tom BROWN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Adams, Adams, Covington & Younes, P. A., Harrison, Ark., for Tom Brown.

Carol E. Dinkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Larry R. McCord, U. S. Atty., J. Michael Fitzhugh, Asst. U. S. Atty., Fort Smith, Ark., Robert L. Klarquist, Albert M. Ferlo, Jr., Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, BRIGHT and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Tom Brown appeals from an order of the district court dismissing with prejudice his complaint for review of a decision by the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA). The IBLA held that Brown's 101 mining claims located on federally owned land are void. We affirm.

The appellant's mining claims were filed with the Circuit Clerk of Marion County, Arkansas, in April, May and June of 1976 by Mike Cozad. Cozad conveyed his interest in the claims...

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