Richardson v. Cameron County

The controlling question in this case is whether or not the County of Cameron has been authorized by appropriate legislative action to condemn land lying within the boundaries of Hidalgo County, for the use of an agency of the federal government, in constructing the Anzalduas Dam on the Rio Grande as a part of th.e Lower Rio Grande Valley Flood Control Project. The court below held that Cameron County was so empowered and rendered a declaratory judgment accordingly.

The circumstances surrounding this litigation are somewhat unusual. After the federal agency involved, namely, the International…