Cameron v. Lyen’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““We are cautioned that no court should follow the rule of the department where it conflicts with the equities of the settler. The equities of the settler depend, like the rights of the grantees of the company, upon the act of Congress, and so long as the rules, practice, and decisions of the department accord with the act as we interpret it, and finding no authority to the contrary, we feel bound to give department rulings such weight as they are entitled to. We hold the relinquishment on the part of the company was optional. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Mueller