Legal Opinion
Southern Pacific Land Company v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1966No. 19882PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWNING, Circuit Judge:
The United States seeks to condemn the fee simple title to 17,750 acres of land, including the mineral interests, for the construction of a naval air station near Lemoore, California. The Southern Pacific Land Company, owning 4,600 of these acres, contends that the mineral interests in the property cannot be taken. The Company argues that property may be taken only for a public purpose; that the only public purpose involved was the construction of a naval air station; that the Assistant Secretary did not determine that the taking of the mineral rights in the Company’s…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Sweet v. RechelSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by24 opinions
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