Legal Opinion
Higginson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1967No. 16926PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Per curiam
During and immediately after World War II the government established a United States Army Garrison at Morgan-field, Kentucky, known as Camp Breckenridge. For this purpose it assembled some 36-thousand acres of land through eminent domain proceedings in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Owensboro Division. In the condemnation actions Declarations of Taking were filed by Henry L. Stinson, Secretary of War of the United States, in which it was stated that “the said lands are necessary adequately to provide for the establishment of a triangular division camp,”…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Catlin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. 93.970 Acres of LandSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Carl Beistline v. City of San Diego and General Dynamics CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Joseph E. Birrell v. Robert Brown, Director, Michigan Dept. Of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Edgar Timmons, Jr., the Group Known as People Organized for Equal Rights, and Other Unknown IndividualsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Peabody Coal Co. v. Local Union Nos. 1734, 1508 & 1548, United Mine WorkersCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Pearl Saylor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- Michigan Division-Monument Builders of North America v. Michigan Cemetery Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
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