Hall v. Hickel’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 16 U.S.C. § 471 · 25 U.S.C. § 345 · 28 U.S.C. § 1353 · 43 U.S.C. § 1068 · 43 U.S.C. § 1171 · 43 U.S.C. § 1391 · 43 U.S.C. § 141 · 43 U.S.C. § 1411
Relies on William Marbury v. James Madison · Virginian Ry Co v. System Federation No 40 · Harmon v. Brucker · Wilbur v. United States ex rel. Kadrie · Panama Canal Company v. Grace Line Grace Line
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““That, except for military bounty land warrants, all claims and holdings recorded under the Act of August 5, 1955 ( 69 Stat. 534 , 535) [set out as a note under this section], which are not satisfied in one of the ways hereafter set forth, shall become null and void on the later of the two following dates: (a) January 1, 1970, or, in the case of soldiers’ additional homestead claims, January 1, 1975; (b) at the termination of any transaction initiated pursuant to this Act. “Sec. 2. Prior to July 1, 1966, holders of claims recorded under the Act of August 5, 1955, may apply to the Secretary of the Interior to have conveyed to them, in satisfaction of their claims, such lands as they may, in their applications, designate. The Secretary shall thereafter convey the selected lands if he finds them to be proper, under existing law, for such disposition, and if the claim upon which an application is based is determined to be valid. As used in this Act, the terms ‘lands’ and ‘land’ include any rights or interests therein. “Sec. 3. (a) Prior to January 1, 1967, the Secretary shall classify, for conveyance and exchange for each type of claim recorded under the Act of August 5, 1955, public lands in sufficient quantity so as to provide each holder of such a claim with a reasonable choice of public lands against which to satisfy his claim. The public lands so classified shall be of a value of not less than the average fair market value, determined by the Secretary as of the date patent i”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Based upon analysis of sales of similar land located nearby, the estimate of value of the parcel[s] far exceeds the maximum value established by regulation [43 C.F.R. 2221.07(f)] for land to be classified for disposal in satisfaction of Valentine Scrip * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bronken v. Morton“proper for acquisition in satisfaction of any outstanding lieu . . . rights or land grant, and to open such lands to . . . selection . . . for disposal in accordance with such classification under applicable public-land laws . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.