Legal Opinion
United States v. 202.76 Acres of Land
District Court, D. North Dakota
Decided October 6, 1977No. Civ. No. A1-76-65PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
VAN SICKLE, District Judge.
This matter arises out of the condemnation by the United States of lands lying near the confluence of the Knife and Missouri Rivers. The problem has to do with the claims of two competing landowners, the Rickey Schreiber Estate and the Stanton Park District, to portions of the lands lying between the rivers.
The lands are 'being taken in order to preserve extensive Mandan Village sites. The group of Mandan Villages was a well established trade center in 1804 and 1805, when Lewis and Clark wintered across the river and four miles downstream at Fort…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. BraceNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1949
- Rosedale School District No. 5 v. Towner CountyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1927
- INDEPENDENT SCH. DIST NO. 40, NOWATA CTY. v. AllenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1968
- Suck v. Benton TownshipSupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
- Vernon F. Peterson v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
3Cited by2 opinions
- State ex rel. A.A.A. v. City of ColumbusOhio Supreme Court · 1985
- Nagel v. Emmons County North Dakota Water Resource DistrictNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991