Development of geothermal resources and the 1970 Geothermal Steam Act: law in search of definition

Journal Article · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1973 · Univ. Colo. Law Rev.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5265578

Bjorge, K R

It is submitted that the court erred in U.S. vs Union Oil Company (Calif. 1974), by: (1) failing to find that Congress intended the Stock Raising Homestead Act to grant an estate limited to surface use with such subsurface rights as reasonably necessary to serve the purpose of surface ownership and (2) in inferentially treating geothermal resources as water resources to arrive at the conclusion that geothermal resources were not reserved because water is not a mineral within terms of the Stock Raising Homestead Act. Alternate legal concepts are suggested. (PCS)

• Research Organization: Northern Kentucky State Coll., Covington
• OSTI ID: 5265578
• Journal Information: Univ. Colo. Law Rev.; (United States), Journal Name: Univ. Colo. Law Rev.; (United States) Vol. 46
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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