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Gerlach Live Stock Co. v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided April 5, 1948No. 46009; No. 46245; No. 46244; No. 46247PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWhitakee, Judge

Plaintiffs in these suits seek to recover just compensation for the taking of the water rights which they claim they had as the owners of land riparian to the San Joaquin Biver or one of its sloughs. This has been done, if at all, by the construction of the Friant Dam on the San Joaquin River upstream from plaintiffs’ lands. The purpose of the construction of this dam is the diversion of the waters of the San Joaquin River from their present course into the Madera Canal and the Friant-Kern Canal. When the pro j ect is completed plaintiffs’ lands will be wholly deprived of the water of the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. United States v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. United States v. CressSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  4. United States v. LynahSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  5. Kansas v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1907

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Brubaker Amusement Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2002
  2. Highland Park Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1958
  3. Highland Park, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1958
  4. Gustine Land & Cattle Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1966
  5. Oak Forest, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1991

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