Legal Opinion
Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 9, 1987No. 86-5451PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.
D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints (“the Church”), purchased approximately 300 acres of land located in American Samoa in 1953. In 1979, appellant filed in the High Court of American Samoa a trespass action against the Puailoa family for intruding upon the Church’s tract of land, known as Malaeimi. The High Court concluded that appellant did not have title to the land because the 1953 deed was invalid, and because the Church failed to…
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