ELR Citation: ELR 20214
No(s). 74-1574 (9th Cir. Jan 31, 1977)

Reversing the lower court decision, 4 ELR 20559, the Ninth Circuit holds that the mineral reservation in patents issued under the Stock-Raising Homestead Act of 1916 includes the right to produce geothermal steam. Owners and lessees of public lands, beneath which are sources of geothermal steam, sou...