Legal Opinion
2,953.15 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Russell County, State of Alabama, and Richard H. Bickerstaff v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 7, 1965No. 21052PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
The United States filed its complaint, accompanied by a declaration of taking, to condemn flowage easements on eleven tracts of land in Russell County, Alabama. The interest in the property to be acquired was described both in the complaint and in the declaration of taking as an easement permanently to overflow, flood, and submerge the land below elevation 192 feet mean sea level and occasionally to overflow, flood, and submerge the land between elevation 192 and 221 mean sea level. The district court ordered and adjudged “that all defendants to this action and all…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Berman v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. PetrilloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Shoemaker v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Transwestern Pipeline Co. v. O'BrienCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. 2,606.84 Acres of Land in Tarrant County, Texas, and Frank CornCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. 162.20 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in Clay County, State of Mississippi, and F. E. UithovenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. 101.88 Acres of LandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Ralph Sykes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
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