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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law, Mining Law |
| Title: | BEDROC LTD., LLC v. US |
| Date: | 03/31/04 |
| Case Number: | 02-1593 |
| Summary: | Sand and gravel are not "valuable minerals" reserved to the US in land grants issued under the Pittman Underground Water Act. Sand and gravel are abundant throughout Nevada, they have no intrinsic value, and they were commercially worthless when the Act was passed in 1919. |