United States Tenth Circuit

In an action by the U.S. to quiet title to land, the District Court's denial of Defendants' motion to stay is affirmed, where the land was not "public land" for which a patent could be issued. The District Court's decision that Defendants possessed use rights in the land is reversed, where the deeds to the land did not confer such rights.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/04/2009
• Published 03/04/2009

Judges

• TACHA, Circuit Judge., Before HENRY, Chief Circuit Judge, TACHA, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John E. Arbab, Attorney, Appellate Division, Ronald J. Tenpas, Assistant Attorney General, and David C. Shilton, Attorney, Appellate Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC;  and Christopher B. Rich, United States Department of the Interior, Salt Lake City, UT, appearing for Appellant, Appellee, United States., E. Jay Sheen, West Jordan, UT, appearing for Appellees, Appellants, Dunn/Pannier, et al., Steven R. Paul (Brent R. Armstrong, with him on the briefs), Armstrong Law Offices, P.C., Salt Lake City, UT, appearing for Appellees, Appellants, Jacobsen, et al.