Legal Opinion
Via v. State Commission on Conservation & Development
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided January 12, 1935PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL, District Judge.
This is a suit in equity, the broad purpose of which is to invalidate the proceedings whereby the defendant, as an agency of the state of Virginia, has undertaken to acquire lands for the formation and establishment of the Shenandoah National Park in the state of Virginia.,
A recital of the substance of certain legislative acts involved in the suit may be helpful to an understanding of the questions involved.
By an Act of Congress approved Feb. 21, 1925 (43 Stat. at Large p. 958), the Secretary of the Interior was authorized to determine the boundaries and area of any lands…
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