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Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association v. Morris
District Court, N.D. California
Decided April 11, 1960No. Civ. 7989PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALBERT, District Judge.
This action was brought under the purported authority of Title 33 U.S.C.A. § 525 to prevent the building of a bridge across Montezuma Slough (a navigable waterway) in such a manner as to obstruct navigation unreasonably.
The defendants, Department of Fish and Game of the State of California, and Board of Supervisors of the County of Solano, applied to the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of the Army for permission to build such a bridge, submitting a plan for the proposed bridge. The plan called for a low-level bridge with a removable span. A hearing was held by the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Humphrey's v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Pennsylvania v. Wheeling & Belmont Bridge Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Transportation Co. v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Union Bridge Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Blackmar v. GuerreSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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