Case Name: Boesche, Administrator, v. Udall, Secretary of the Interior
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1962-11-05
Citations: 371 U.S. 886
Docket Number: No. 332
Parties: Boesche, Administrator, v. Udall, Secretary of the Interior.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 371
Pages: 886–886

Head Matter:
No. 332.
Boesche, Administrator, v. Udall, Secretary of the Interior.
Lewis E. Hoffman and Leon BenEzra for petitioner.
Solicitor General Cox, Roger P. Marquis and A. Donald Mileur for respondent.

Opinion:
The petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is granted limited to the question presented by the petition which reads as follows:
"Whether the Secretary of the Interior has authority under Section 31 of the Mineral Leasing Act, as amended, to cancel oil and gas leases by administrative action, for failure to comply with the Department's regulations."