Legal Opinion
United States v. Wilson
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided May 4, 1977No. C 75-4024, C 75-4026 and C 75-4067PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BOGUE, District Judge.
This is a memorandum opinion prepared and filed by the Court for the purpose of setting out this Court’s resolution of the choice of law problems presented by these consolidated Blackbird Bend-Barrett Survey Area cases. As will be discussed below, the choice of law problems are of primary importance in dealing with the allocation of the burden of persuasion in these cases, but would not be determinative of the general definitions of the terms accretion and avulsion.
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Generally, questions of title to land situated within a state are governed by that…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- United States v. Little Lake Misere Land Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Oregon Ex Rel. State Land Board v. Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Nebraska v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Hughes v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Felix v. PatrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Wilson v. Omaha Indian TribeSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Omaha Indian Tribe v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Marshall v. Whirlpool Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- Omaha Indian Tribe v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Omaha Indian Tribe v. JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
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