Legal Opinion

Laughlin v. Morauer

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided June 9, 1988No. Nos. 86-2185, 86-2189PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs appeal from an entry of summary judgment on the complaints and judgment on the counterclaims in favor of the defendants below. The entry of these judgments gives the defendant fee simple title in a piece of property shown as “Park” on the plat of the subdivision in which the individual plaintiffs are lot owners and Red House Cove Association is an association of lot owners. We vacate the judgment of the district court which decided there was no easement in favor of the public and hold that the land described on the plat as “Park” is subject to a public…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Shoemaker v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Parsons Steel, Inc. v. First Alabama BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Potts v. Mathieson Alkali WorksSupreme Court of Virginia · 1935
  4. Ted Lansing Supply Co. v. Royal Aluminum & Construction Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1981
  5. Yates v. Town of WarrentonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1888

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC v. David N. Martin Revocable TrustDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2011
  2. Board of County Supervisors of Prince William County v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1992
  3. Clore v. Cadmus, Circuit Court of the 9th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Orange County2006
  4. Gerlach v. Town of ChittendenVermont Superior Court · 2025
  5. Robert M. Laughlin Miriam W. Laughlin Red House Cove Association, Inc. John Briar, III Jean Kominars v. Richard C. Morauer, Morauer & Hartzell, Inc., and Jean T. Morauer Does 1-10, Red House Cove Association, Inc. William Russell Seabaugh Jane Woodward, and Catherine Craybill Chris Craybill v. Morauer & Hartzell, Inc. Richard C. Morauer Donald Hodel, Secretary of Interior, and Jean T. Morauer John Does 1-10Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988

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