Legal Opinion
United States v. 959.68 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Mercer County, State Ofpennsylvania, and Arthur C. Burdette
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 5, 1969No. 17504PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HASTIE, Chief Judge.
On this appeal the United States is challenging part of an award made to a landowner in a condemnation proceeding.
In 1965 the United States condemned a 237 acre tract owned by the Estate of Emma McKnight for use in the Shenan-go River Reservoir Project. In 1957 the Chief of Engineers had approved a General Design Memorandum outlining the overall plans for the project and disclosing that the government proposed to take land up to elevation 920. Such a taking would have included 106 acres of the tract now in question, leaving the private owner with 131…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. CorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. 158.76 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in the Town of Townshend, Windham County, State of Vermont, and Janet Hoadley JacquesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- United States v. 172.80 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Mercer County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Cecelia E. StambaughCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. 320.0 Acres of Land, More or Less in the County of Monroe, State of Florida,and Salvatore R. CicconeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. 62.17 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Jasper County, Texas, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Sparks v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
- United States v. 31.45 ACRES OF LAND, WHITMAN CTY., WASH.District Court, E.D. Washington · 1974
- United States v. 119.66 Acres of Land more or less, Situate in Marion CountyDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1970
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