Legal Opinion
United States v. Cannon
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided September 21, 1973No. Civ. A. 4454PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
STAPLETON, District Judge:
The government here seeks to enjoin a “development project” of defendants that is alleged to violate the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. The case is presently before the Court on cross-motions for summary judgment and on defendants’ “motion to dismiss.” Jurisdiction is sound. 28 U.S.C. § 1345.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Cannon are the owners of a 179 acre tract located adjacent to the southern portion of Little Assawoman Bay, Sussex County, Delaware. A portion of this tract appears on a 1972 quadrangle map prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey as a thin…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Kennedy v. Silas Mason Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- United States v. Kansas City Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Zabel v. TabbCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Perma Paving Co., Inc., and Anthony Rose, and Third-Party United States of America v. The City of New York, and Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Leslie Salt Co. v. FroehlkeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. HollandDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1974
- Morrison v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1983
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- Evans v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
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