Legal Opinion
United States v. 0.84 Acres of Land
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 21, 1953No. 30320PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODMAN, District Judge.
In order to facilitate its project in the Central Valley of California, the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior of the United States found it necessary to construct high voltage electric transmission wires to bring electric power into the Valley. The Bureau’s transmission lines at one point cross over and above the canal of the defendant East Contra Costa Irrigation District in the County of Contra Costa and over a span of the District’s electric distribution lines. Pursuant to statutory authority,1 the Secretary of the Interior, on behalf of the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. General Motors Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Bauman v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Mitchell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- State of California v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Nashville Housing Authority v. HillCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1972
- United States v. Avigation Easement Over 40 Acres of Land, More or LessDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1956