Legal Opinion
United States v. 46,672.96 Acres of Land
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1975No. Nos. 74-1602, 74-1603, 74-1604 and 74-1605PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOYLE, Circuit Judge.
It is apparent from the caption that this is a condemnation case. The government challenges the amounts of the awards given first by a Commission and second adopted by the court in three condemnation cases (filed in June 1970). The government’s purpose was to obtain the land for use in connection with the White Sands Missile Range which was operated by the Department of Defense. The total acreage involved was 180,000, but the cases before the court are concerned with 20,000 acres.1 The interest taken is an annual leasehold starting July 1, 1970, and continued from year to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. FullerSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. SowardsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
- Wendell S. Wilson and Mary Ellen R. Wilson, His Wife v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- United States v. WhitehurstCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by2 opinions
- United States v. 46,672.96 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Dona Ana, Counties, State of New Mexico, and Andy Henderson, United States of America v. 9,101.24 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Sierra and Otero Counties, State of New Mexico, and Loyd Crockett, United States of America v. 40,021.64 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Dona Ana, Counties, State of New Mexico, and Genevieve SandersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
- Midship Pipeline Company, LLC v. 2.331, 2.435, 0.458 acres, Bryan County, OklahomaDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 2021