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MOUNTAIN STATES TEL. & TEL. CO. v. SANTA ANA

No. 84-262.

472 U.S. 237 (1985)

105 S.Ct. 2587

86 L.Ed.2d 168

MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ANA

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 10, 1985

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Marie Krause argued the cause for petitioner. With her on the briefs were William H. Allen and Russell H. Carpenter, Jr.

Scott E. Borg argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Richard W. Hughes.*

JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1928, Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company purchased an easement from the Pueblo of Santa Ana for a telephone line. Mountain States contends that the conveyance of this easement was valid under § 17 of the Pueblo Lands Act of 1924, 43 Stat. 641, because it was "first approved by the Secretary of the Interior."1 The Pueblo contends that § 17 only authorizes such...

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