Show Denver refuses to rehear oil The Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver has refused to rehear a suit In which the State of Utah won title to acres of federal oil shale land and million in The court clerk said an order would be issued informing the U.S. District Court in Utah of the The property in question includes two 40 miles south of Ver- nal near the govern- ment leased to major oil companies for prototype oil shale On Aul the circuit court upheld a ruling by the late Utah federal Judge Willis W. Hitter giving the state title to the The U.S. Interior Depart- ment then asked for a rehearing by all the circuit They Utah claimed the oil shale under its lieu selection When Utah achieved statehood in It was given parcels of land to sup- MuCh l that land later was included in national parks and other preserves and the state was given the chance to select other property of the original Utah claimed that at least acres of the land owed to the state was mineral acreage and demanded the oil But Interim Department lawyers argued that the Secretary of the In- had the authority under the Taylor Act to decide which land Utah could They also said the shale was worth far more than the property the state gave Both and the circuit court ml- that Utah could I pick The court said the land did not have to be of equal dollar but on- ly property that was If the Interior Department does not Utah would receive all of the royalties from the But even if it remained in federal the state would still get 50 percent of the Since the litigation royalties I been placed into a court administered account which now totals The account earns interest at the rate of per said Deputy Utah Attorney General Michale Deamer |