Legal Opinion
Petersen v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 26, 1951No. 12694PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODMAN, District Judge.
The question presented on this appeal is whether or not the federal government has exclusive police jurisdiction over certain privately owned land situated entirely within the boundaries of Kings Canyon National Park.
In 1940, the Congress dedicated and set apart as a public park (Kings Canyon National Park) certain tracts of land within the boundaries of Tulare County, in the State of California. 16 U.S.C.A. § 80. In 1943, California ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over all the territory included in the tracts of land set aside and dedicated by the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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