ELR Citation: ELR 20211
No(s). s. 04-4071, -4073 (10th Cir. Sep 8, 2005)

The court remands for a de novo proceeding a district court decision that counties lacked a valid right-of-way for the construction of highways across federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). At issue is "R.S. 2477," a statute enacted by Congress in 1866 that grants "the right o...